Brad Feld, an early stage investor and entrepreneur, shared a series of personal stories to a group of Standford University students in October, in part illustrating how his fulfilling life as an entrepreneur has come with challenges, too.
As a follow up to Willis Jackson‘s post on Saturday, “Why our community needs Startup Spouses,” I wanted to share the video below in which Feld reflects on an episode he and his wife had that led him to readjust his habits and schedule in order to strengthen his marriage.
“I was involved with this person that was more important to me than anything else I was doing,” Feld said, “but who also respected and valued my level of commitment to the things that I did as an entrepreneur and as an investor and the way that I wanted to live my life, and I respect the way she wants to live her life.
“But the intersection of that was important. We had to understand what that meant in the context of living our lives, and me personally living my life.”
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Check out the five-minute video below to hear how Feld changed his life to better balance his love of work with his love of family.
To watch Feld’s full hour-long presentation, “Great Entrepreneurs Go Out and Do,” which I highly recommend, visit Standford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner. Also, if you aren’t already, I encourage you to read Feld’s blog at feld.com.
