Leading Blog

JUNE 15, 2020

I personally blame my MIT classmate Aileen Lee, formerly with Kleiner Perkins, who coined the term Unicorn , a private company valued at over a billion dollars. Like Jerry Yang who started Yahoo, as investors we are looking for entrepreneurs who are obsessed with a new technology. We’ve heard it all before.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2014

I didn’t take their interest seriously until I saw the news in December that John Maeda, the former President of the Rhode Island School of Design, joined venerable VC firm Kleiner Perkins. I’m sure I speak for design-oriented entrepreneurs everywhere when I say that it’s about time. He’s the Valley’s first-ever Design Partner.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Most great businesspeople I've met would correctly advise an entrepreneur to avoid raising money if possible. There are some helpful resources out there on venture terms , good venture funds vs. bad ones , and questions you may want to ask a venture capitalist if you meet one. Easy for them to say, right?

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