Top Quotes:
“I probably had more interest in the working relationship and the opportunity to try to create something from nothing from an idea than I did about the specific outcome and characteristics of what was going on.” – Brad Feld
“I’m a big fan of people looking at their own psychology and looking at their own experience and facing up to some dark truths about your own behavior.” – Jerry Colonna
“One of the theories that I work with all the time is that the experience of being a leader actually gives us an opportunity to really look at ourselves honestly, to say to yourself, “Who am I supposed to be?”- Jerry Colonna
“Allowing the other person to get to a conclusion on their own was something that I need to create space for.” – Brad Feld
“Part of our friendship is that we knew that when we were working together professionally that we trusted each other not to just do stuff because we’re friends.” – Dave Jilk
“You trust each other enough to profoundly disagree if you need to. You trust each other enough to know in advance the best way to navigate this relatively complex relationship.” – Jerry Colonna
“When I’m mentoring or advising companies, it’s not so much just that they’re in it for themselves only, but rather that they don’t even seem to be capable of thinking about the relationship as an aspect of it.” – Dave Jilk
“ When there is something that Dave does that is bothersome to me, he doesn’t have to wonder whether he’s crossed a boundary or not. He trusts that if he has, I will make a comment about it.” – Brad Feld
“Being a leader is an opportunity to grow the hell up. It’s the opportunity to look at the monsters that you speak to, that Nietzsche speaks to, to look at the parts of ourselves that we really don’t wanna look at.” – Jerry Colonna
