John Doerr: 700 Investments, 192 IPOs, 375,000+ Jobs Created

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

March 13, 2013

Duration

55m

Channel

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

The Stanford Graduate School of Business View From The Top speaker series hosted venture capitalist John Doerr in a question and answer session where he helped enlighten students on such topics as start-ups, healthcare and jobs in emerging markets. Doerr, general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, emphasized that, "The best entrepreneurs are the ones who really go the distance with their companies, who are always learning." During the presentation, Doerr also emphasized that the investments Kleiner Perkins have made are in companies that are at the top of their game, a virtual who's who of successful ventures that also value job creation. Students also heard a personal story Doerr shared about his early career at Intel when he talked his way into Andrew Grove's first course at the company in which the chip maker taught his organizational philosophy. Doerr serves on boards in the areas of Internet technologies and greentech, including Amyris, Bloom Energy, Essence Healthcare, Flipboard, FloDesign Wind Turbines, Google, iControl, mCube, Renmatix and Quantumscape. He also works with Groupon, Twitter and Square. More about the View From The Top speaker series: http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/stanford-gsb-experience/academic-advantages/distinguished-speakers/view-top All View From The Top videos: http://www.youtube.com/course?list=EC5C14B375A7F2FEA8

🎤 SPEAKERS

• John Doerr

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  Venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins (KPCB), known for investing in and advising major technology companies.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Stanford Graduate School of Business, featuring John Doerr, John Doerr: 700 Investments, 192 IPOs, 375,000+ Jobs Created explores John Doerr on tech waves, VC judgment, and building enduring companies John Doerr frames the current era as a third major IT wave where mobile, social networks, and cloud computing converge to create multiplicative opportunities for new companies.

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