Venture Capitalist Tom Perkins: ‘If There Is No Risk, You Have Already Missed the Boat’
During a recent visit to Wharton’s San Francisco campus, Tom Perkins, co-founder of the fabled Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, talked about risk-taking, his mentor David Packard, the downside of corporate VC, ethically challenged Wall Street, and networking vs. “cronyism,” among other topics.
Content: Thought Leader | Author: Tom Perkins | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital
Bob Metcalfe
Engineer-scientist, early Internet developer, and now venture capitalist: Bob Metcalfe has seen it all in 40 years on the front lines of technology. In this far-ranging interview, he waxes eloquent on the future of the Internet, the rise of the blogosphere, the demise of print media, why engineers should not become venture capitalists, and how to solve the energy crisis.
Content: Thought Leader | Author: Patrick Mannion | Source: EE Times | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital
Ronald Conway
Ronald Conway is the founder and managing partner of Angel Investors LP, whose two funds total more than $150 million. Holdings in their Angel I and Angel II portfolios include Ask Jeeves, Google, and Paypal. Ron is the subject of the book The Godfather of Silicon Valley by Gary Rivlin and is considered one of the most influential and strategically important investors in the Valley’s … [ Read more ]
Content: Thought Leader | Source: The USF Entrepreneur | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital
Joseph L. Rice III
founder of private-equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Content: Thought Leader | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital
Steve Jurvetson
partner in Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital
Vinod Khosla
Content: Thought Leader | Source: Business 2.0 | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital
Ted Dintersmith
VC, Charles River Ventures
Content: Thought Leader | Source: tnbt.com | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital
Various Venture Capitalists
comb through the archives of Red Herring’s VC P.S. column to find a large number of VCs profiled and interviewed (usually in two parts)
Content: Thought Leader | Source: Red Herring | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital
Donna Novitsky
Venture Partner with Mohr, Davidow Ventures
Content: Thought Leader | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital
Ann Winblad
Content: Thought Leader | Source: tnbt.com | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital
Vinod Khosla
Famous Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner and serial entrepreneur
Content: Thought Leader | Source: Red Herring | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital
John Sculley
former Pepsi executive and CEO of Apple Computer
Content: Thought Leader | Source: tnbt.com | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital
Ann Winblad
Founder of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
Content: Thought Leader | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital
Stewart Alsop
former journalist – now VC with New Enterprise Associates
Content: Thought Leader | Source: tnbt.com | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital
Seth Neiman
Managing Partner at Crosspoint Venture Partners
Content: Thought Leader | Source: TechRepublic | Subjects: Management, Venture Capital