by Chris Heivly | May 18, 2023 | Community
Two of the principles of the Boulder Thesis, in Brad Feld’s seminal book on startup communities, is that (a) the leaders have to take a 20 year view, and (b) the activities must be consistent and address the entire entrepreneur journey. This means that the community...
by Chris Heivly | May 10, 2023 | Community
Over the past few years, the concept of social capital as applied to startup communities and ecosystems has emerged and become integral to the strategies and tactics formed to accelerate a region. Feld and Hathaway write in The Startup Community Way that “social...
by Chris Heivly | May 11, 2015 | Founder Tips, INC, My Thoughts
You know you have to do the leader thing. What are the foundational elements of your leadership style? I have thrown out almost all of the leadership styles I was shown 20+ years ago. There was the patriarchal style left over from the 1950’s. This was the...
by Chris Heivly | Mar 23, 2015 | INC, My Thoughts
Leadership muscles have to be built just like your body muscles. Leadership muscles are no different than body muscles and like your body, you need to exercise and build your leadership muscles to perform at your best. And like a great workout, you must break down...
by Chris Heivly | Mar 1, 2015 | INC, My Thoughts
Great team leaders build great teams and great teams execute best when setting a foundation early. As a venture capitalist, I get to peer into the soul and psyche of many early-stage companies. My observation of literally thousands of company reviews is that there is...
