A must see presentation from the famous KPCB partner behind Amazon.com and Google.
Just one extract:
UPDATE: The fact that Doerr celebrates entrepreneurs as the real heroes (and does not behave like a celebrity himself), earns him respect from even those folks who hate the VC breed in general. "I've met a few VCs I like. Mike Moritz seems a good guy. He even has a sense of humor, which is almost unheard of among VCs. From what I've read about John Doerr, he sounds like a good guy too, almost a hacker," allows Paul Graham, co-founder of ViaWeb (sold to Yahoo for $50 million), in his recent article attacking VCs titled "A Unified Theory of VC Suckage".
Arun Natarajan is the Editor of TSJ Media, which tracks venture capital activity in India and Indian-founded companies worldwide. View sample issues of TSJ Media's Venture Intelligence India newsletters and reports.
Just one extract:
Entrepreneurs do more than anyone thought possible with less than anyone thought possible
UPDATE: The fact that Doerr celebrates entrepreneurs as the real heroes (and does not behave like a celebrity himself), earns him respect from even those folks who hate the VC breed in general. "I've met a few VCs I like. Mike Moritz seems a good guy. He even has a sense of humor, which is almost unheard of among VCs. From what I've read about John Doerr, he sounds like a good guy too, almost a hacker," allows Paul Graham, co-founder of ViaWeb (sold to Yahoo for $50 million), in his recent article attacking VCs titled "A Unified Theory of VC Suckage".
Arun Natarajan is the Editor of TSJ Media, which tracks venture capital activity in India and Indian-founded companies worldwide. View sample issues of TSJ Media's Venture Intelligence India newsletters and reports.