Brad Feld

I talk often about being intrinsically motivated by learning. It's the primary driver of most of my activity. ”

When I struggled with a depressive episode in 2013, I realized that I had a glitch in my thinking about my own motivation. I had separated learning and teaching into different concepts. ”

In the mid-to-late 1990s, I was an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Kauffman Foundation working with Jana Matthews on 'learning programs for high growth entrepreneurs.' ”

What I'm looking for in my interaction is critical thinking on the part of the person pitching to me. ”

I'm hugely intrinsically motivated and have always believed that I'm fueled and motivated by learning. ”

In my world, historical revenue is the least interesting thing to consider in an acquisition strategy. ”

By 2002, I realized that what was classically called a rollup strategy was not generally effective, at least not for me. ”

When we raised the first Foundry Group fund in 2007, we took over 100 first meetings. We told our story several hundred times. As part of it was a slide called 'Strategy.' I still repeat the elements of that slide regularly, a decade later, as our core strategy has not changed. ”

As I continue to believe that innovation and entrepreneurship are the key drivers to our economic future, it's frustrating to hear such little cogent discussion around it. ”

Both SOPA and PIPA are toxic. My view is that anyone who supports these bills either doesn't understand what they are supporting or is simply no friend of innovation. And, if you are no friend of innovation, I can't support you in any way, as innovation is the lifeblood of our economy, our country, and what I've dedicated my life to. ”