John Doerr

If the best way to predict the future is to invent it, the second-best way is to finance it.

John Doerr: What To Look For When Joining a Company

John Doerr, general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, discusses what one should look for when joining a company.

Inconceivable! 7 Misconceptions About Lead Generation

As service and technology firms begin to awaken from a long, recession-inspired hibernation period, they are again beginning to think about proactive lead generation. If your firm is stepping-up outbound marketing, your first step should be to re-examine your firm’s thinking about what works and what doesn’t.

Consider the following seven service lead-generation misconceptions.

Did Anybody Show? Seven Tips to Increase Attendance for Short Seminars

If you take the time and spend the money to produce, prepare and deliver a presentation or mini-seminar, here are seven event-marketing tips that will help you fill your room.

Zero Gravity: Riding Venture Capital from High Tech Start-Up to Breakout IPO

In the world of venture capital, investors look for deals that will return 10 to 20 times their original investment, although sometimes they do much, much better. Venture capitalists are looking for many things: not only a company that can dominate a business category, but one that will eventually be worth at least a half-billion dollars. And even if an entrepreneur can present a business … [ Read more ]