socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

The most attractive thing about it was the educational value. So, we were pretty excited to educate ourselves at TechStars. So, we were pretty excited to educate ourselves at TechStars. The program itself is incredibly daunting initially, but it was really valuable for us, especially as an educational experience.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 9, 2019

They’re driven by metrics that don’t matter.” Brad Feld, American Venture Capitalist. The format was too different and the McDonald brothers didn’t offer an adequate level of customer education. Lessons: “That’s the problem with so many organizations around entrepreneurship.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2011

I wish we had better policies to help those that weren’t born with the same educational backgrounds as I was since education seems to be the great divider in terms of future opportunities. Still, we are cutting back on public education. In America we have people like Steve Case, Brad Feld, Dave McClure, Shervin Pishevar.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Defy Ventures is a program that aims to educate people in prison to become better humans upon graduation. So I committed to going back again and partnered with Brad Feld to bring a team of 75 entrepreneurs and VCs to do it with us. I wasn’t raised badly — I was well educated. And they didn’t want pity.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 11, 2017

It provides a two-year mentoring and education program, and then lifelong membership in a global network where members have been screened for integrity and other character traits. (A A group of Kauffman Fellows is pictured above.)

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

My blog linked to Brad Feld’s blog because I was so grateful for his series on term sheets and he was one of the biggest reasons that as a VC I felt compelled to blog. On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 10, 2017

In mid-October, eleven college students will be flying to California for an opportunity that would be the envy of any Ivy League MBA candidate—they’ll meet the venture capital firm partners who will personally mentor them throughout the school year.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

We hung out a lot together a dinners and educational events. Getting rides from random people (a habit I picked up from Brad Feld). Having been involved with 23 companies that had been through Launchpad LA in its first couple of years, I felt very close to these founders. I count most of them as personal friends.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

It’s not always the obvious sources of education that shape you the most. I love reading Eric Reis, Steve Blank, Clay Christenson, Brad Feld and others. Don’t get me wrong – I loved economics. But poly sci taught me critical thinking and writing skills that I didn’t get in my econ classes. Challenge conventional wisdom.

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