I really enjoyed reading the book. Brad offers 20 years of insight from his very own experience at Boulder, Colorado. He does a great job describing the difference between “feeders” and “leaders” in the startup ecosystem. It also provides a lot of actionable examples and strategies that many can use. I strongly recommend this book to others who are thinking about building or getting involved in a startup community. Personally, I recently launched an early-stage accelerator name "Manos Accelerator" in Silicon Valley and this book served as great resource and a playbook for me as I started my journey of creating a startup community in downtown San Jose. Nice job Brad!!! Took me a long while to finish.The book is all about start-ups and it is quite informative. Although the Feld focused on the Tech Industry in Boulder-Denver Community/ies it is still inspiring. Start-ups and its common misconceptions were addressed well; even the short anecdotes from entrepreneurs and even venture capitalists helped in identifying the needs and characteristics of what start-ups are and how they become successful.
Excellent overview of startup communities and the good and bad approaches.
—Soccersammy
Required reading for anyone interested in entrepreneurial communities.
—meda2222
So far this has been a very interesting read . .
—AnnaBanana
