Brad Feld Books

When I first coined the phrase ‘Do More Faster,’ it came not from theory but from observing patterns across hundreds of startups at TechStars. The most successful founders weren’t those who spent months perfecting a pitch deck or deliberating on idea minutiae—they were the ones who embraced rapid cy...

From Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup

In all my years at TechStars, one pattern never failed: the strongest startups were driven not by brilliant code or marketing, but by exceptional people. We invest first and foremost in founders, not ideas. Ideas evolve; people determine how effectively you adapt and execute. Building a startup is ...

From Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup

To begin, Nietzsche teaches us the courage to reject the herd. He warned that 'those who follow the herd never find their own step.' For an entrepreneur, that herd mentality is the gravitational pull of consensus, the tendency to imitate what works instead of inventing what could be. When everyone i...

From The Entrepreneur's Weekly Nietzsche: A Book for Disruptors

The will to power is Nietzsche’s most misunderstood yet most vital concept for entrepreneurs. He did not mean domination over others, but the inner drive to expand one’s creative force—to become what one is capable of being. For entrepreneurs, this translates into ambition not as greed or ego, but a...

From The Entrepreneur's Weekly Nietzsche: A Book for Disruptors