I've invested in so many companies that I ultimately really didn't care about the thing they were doing. And when everything was going fine it was fine. But when things got difficult and every single company that's been successful that I've been an investor has had at least one near death experience. It could be something the company did to itself or a fundamental shift in technology. A series of bad decisions can all of a sudden become cataclysmic. This means I'm not going to leave this I'm not leaving this problem. I got to get this right and you know I might fail because that is part of entrepreneurship.
(0:00) Jason Kicks off the show
(2:49) Brad Feld, Co-founder of Foundry, talks about starting out in investing
(13:30) LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job for free at https://linkedin.com/angel
(14:56) Brad’s thesis for whom he’ll get in the “trenches” with
(20:48) MasterClass - Get 15% off an annual membership at https://masterclass.com/startups
(22:22) Fighting to the end + Investing through the dot-com bubble
(38:13) Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub - Apply in 5 minutes, no funding required, sign up at http://aka.ms/thisweekinstartups
(39:43) Surviving the GFC
(44:23) Brad’s perspective on the investor/CEO dynamic + being a leader in a down market
(1:00:02) Reflecting on the speculative asset bubble
(1:16:44) Looking forward into 2023
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