#GiveFirst: A New Philosophy For Business In The Era of Entrepreneurship

In #GiveFirst, Brad Feld advises entrepreneurs to give before they get. #GiveFirst is essentially the new motto of Techstars, a mentorship-driven startup accelerator co-founded by Brad Feld. Feld has taken twenty years of experience as a venture capitalist and codified it into actionable principles and ideas. The core of the #GiveFirst philosophy is this idea: Expect nothing in return, and you’ll be delighted with what you do get back. Techstars has fostered a culture of help and reciprocity and hopes to share this culture with entrepreneurs throughout the world. The format will be similar to Startup Communities and Venture Deals-- 15 medium length chapters that build on each other, including many sidebars reinforcing the content, and short sections within each chapter. Feld will lay out the basic principles of #Give First and cite specific instances where helping others has helped him grow.