FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE—PATRON PHILOSOPHER OF TODAY'S DISRUPTIVE ENTREPRENEURS His favorite personality was a "free spirit": an obsessed individual with a vision of the future and the will to make it so, a rebel who creates the future with childlike enthusiasm. Now, serial entrepreneur Dave Jilk and venture capitalist Brad Feld extract from Nietzsche a modern Art of War, connecting the dots to our high-tech business environment. Each quick, digestible chapter expands on a quote from Nietzsche ...

“Ecosystem Arabia is a must read for understanding what actually goes into the making of a robust startup and tech ecosystem. It provides a real-life snapshot into such an evolution in the Arab world. It offers valuable insights from leading global experts on this critical and timely universal topic, as well as a blueprint for how nations can more effectively foster innovation and prosperity.”—KLAUS SCHWAB, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum and Auth...

You don't need this book.The entrepreneurial spirit is fueled by action, and we can all do more with less in the connected era. If you commit to the adventure of a lifetime and are willing to endlessly persist, we can each achieve career nirvana while inspiring the world around us.While the title of this book is true, if you're a caffeinated change maker thirsty for what's next, this synthesized narrative will provide innovative energy to help you start that new bu...

The popular work happiness expert offers inspiration and insight into dealing with life's obstacles by finding a new path to happiness and fulfillment.In one form or another, change comes to all of our lives—often in way we couldn't expect, catching us off-guard and leading to feelings of helplessness. In From Drift to Shift, Jody Miller collects inspiring true stories of people who faced unexpected obstacles and struggles only to change course, discover t...

Brewed From Within: Energy for the Entrepreneurial Lifestyle compiles 125 riffs into four timeless sections, featuring an impressive collection of 20+ contributing authors and an extraordinary level of digital depth.After a cosmic Foreword from Brad Feld, we open with Part One: Entrepreneurship, This opening section expands on the author's first book, You Don't Need This Book: Entrepreneurship in our ...

A tech leader and executive coach's actionable guide for anyone looking to supercharge their selling prowess and close the deal with authenticity and integrity.Sue Heilbronner launched an executive coaching, facilitation, and speaking solo entrepreneurial venture which grew from zero to $1 million in annual revenue in six years. Now, she offers her insight into salespersonship in an irreverent, direct, and actionable guide to success in sales.Never Ask ...

An invaluable playbook for startup founders looking to partner with big business.Corporations are desperate to overhaul their culture and the perception that they are giant, bureaucratic dinosaurs too slow to react in a rapidly changing business landscape. Many are trying to be more innovative and agile, like a startup. One easy way to achieve this goal is through partnering with or acquiring a startup. Corporate venture capital (C...

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE—PATRON PHILOSOPHEROF TODAY’S DISRUPTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHis favorite personality was a “free spirit”: an obsessed individual with a vision of the future and the will to make it so, a rebel who creates the future with childlike enthusiasm.Now, serial entrepreneur Dave Jilk and venture capitalist Brad Feld extract from Nietzsche a modern Art of War, connecting the dots to our high-tech business environment.Each quick, digestible chapter expand...

How do venture capital deals come together? This is one of the most frequent questions asked by each generation of new entrepreneurs. Surprisingly, there is little reliable information on the subject. No one understands this better than Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson. The founders and driving force behind the Foundry Group—a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage information technology companies—Brad and Jason have been involved in hundreds of venture capital financings. T...

As each new generation of entrepreneurs emerges, there is a renewed interest in how venture capital deals come together. Yet there really is no definitive guide to venture capital deals. Nobody understands this better than authors Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson. For more than seventeen years, they've been involved in hundreds of venture capital financings, and now, with Venture Deals, they share their experiences in this field with you.Inspired by a series of blog posts—created by t...

First published in 2012, Startup Communities became a blueprint for what it takes to build a supportive entrepreneurial community. Now regarded as a classic, the "Boulder Thesis" created and popularized by Feld within the book generated enormous media attention nearly a decade ago.At that time, Boulder was an emerging startup laboratory—a hub of innovation building new tech businesses. It quickly accelerated into a world-class ecosystem for entrepreneurs. Boulder's entrepr...

By far, the best way to make sure you have an awesome board is to start by having awesome Board members. In Startup Boards, Brad Feld talks about how having awesome Board members is managing them well giving transparent information, well organized, with enough lead time before a meeting; running great and engaging meetings; mixing social time with business time; and being a Board member yourself at some other organization so you see the other side of the equation. Its about taking the proc...