What About Time in a Startup, or Entrepreneurial, Community? We Get Old and Want Stability

What about time? One point that surrounds Brad Feld’s Startup communities is the element of time. He says that an entrepreneurial leader needs to commit to a “rolling” 20 years. Over that period of time it is pretty easy to switch from the “crazy networked entrepreneur” to the “staid hierarchical status quo” ( He calls...

Wow! Brad Feld’s Startup Communities is Awesome.

Anyone engaged, or wanting to engage, in their local startup community should read this book. It provides a great framework describing the roles of entrepreneurs, universities, governments, investors, and others. It provides a way that we can all connect and get out of our silos. On a personal level I really like the Mentor notes....

Thank You All For Customer Development Version 2012 ( UBC MBA BAEN502 )

I’d like to thank all the people who supported me in making the BAEN502 Customer Development course happen. The list is long and I’m likely to forget someone. Guest Speakers I had six great speakers this year! Thank you all. Three of them for the first time. I really enjoyed the two alumni that spoke...