Brad Feld’s reputation precedes him
I only recently met Brad Feld and have known Keith Smith for several years. This is a long time in coming. Thanks to a couple of guys I respect, I need to give “Big Up’s” a proper shout-out. Brad Feld recently asked me for my interviewing philosophy. In typical Brad Feld graciousness, he posted them on his blog Feld.com. This is the highlight of my career. Brad flattered me with this request. This is a VC with specific thoughts on the role of VP of People, the value of employees, and building teams. In the immortal words of Bill and Ted, “I’m not worthy.
Investors are increasingly looking at the people side of companies starting and building for scale, and this perception is changing because of vocal leaders like Brad Feld.
“Thank you!”
Gentleman, thank you. Keith, thank you for giving me a chance, believing in HR’s essential role in building companies, and listening to HR at the executive level. Brad, thank you for believing in BigDoor, the team, your counsel, and, of course, reinforcing the value of HR. (Driving a ton of traffic to this blog doesn’t go unnoticed, either.)
WSJ and FastCompany picked up the blog and a few other notables, which wouldn’t have been possible without either of these guys.
Human Resources can be considered the scourge of a business. Not by these two business geniuses.
See you at the after party,
HRNasty
nasty: an unreal maneuver of incredible technique, something that is ridiculously good, tricky, and manipulative but with a result that can’t help but be admired, a phrase used to describe someone good at something. “He has a nasty forkball”.
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Keith Smith
July 14, 2011You always give me far too much credit. Coincidentally, that trait is at the top of a very long list of reasons why I like you so much.
You are welcome. But truthfully I’m the one who should be doing the thanking here.