Randy Komisar, Partner Kleiner Perkins talks about Women Entrepreneurs. There’s not enough women in venture capital today & that’s part of the problem. Venture capital tends to be clubby in the sense that you tend to have confidence...
Randy Komisar, Partner Kleiner Perkins talks about European Startups & Incubators, Â The truth is that innovation is distributed around the planet, wherever there are smart people and that’s everywhere. Innovation is just part of the...
Randy Komisar, Partner Kleiner Perkins talks about Business Models: I can’t imagine divorcing my values & principles from my work. Â Business in the final analysis is simply a tool by which we achieve some good. Â We achieve good for our...
Randy Komisar, Partner Kleiner Perkins spent his youth working in the public sector & nonprofit sector. He was raised in a house where he learnt to buy low & sell high really well: he was a good businessman. He fought all those instincts to...
Randy Komisar, Partner Kleiner Perkins speaks about venture capital @Investors Circle Spring Forum. Â As much as the individuals @KPCB may be mission driven, they have to marry mission to outsize returns. Scale is a very important part of what he has...
Randy Komisar, Partner KPCB speaks about Scale @Investors Circle Spring Forum. Everything in our business schools, trade press & investment communities suggest that Scale is the only thing worth investing in. He feels that is a huge mistake. He...
Charles Hudson, SoftTechVC gave a great talk on Funding 101. Everything you need to know about funding so listen & learn!
We covered GMIC Summit a few weeks back & filmed a couple of fireside chats with big names in the technology startup world. Fireside chat with Paul Graham, Founder YCombinator Mark Shuttleworth, Founder/VP Product Strategy Ubuntu &...
We had a great Angel Roundtable @Smart$Money in Silicon Valley on Angels Best Practices. Â It was moderated by Robert Scoble, Scobleizer & speakers were Jeff Pulver, Investor; Zohar Levkovitz, CoFounder Amobee; Bill Reichert, Managing Director...
I interviewed Chip Conley briefly @FailCon 2012. Â He was hilarious but supportive. Watch the interview.
Here is video of his talk ‘Breakdowns & Breakthroughs’Â @FailCon 2012
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I did a quick video interview with Eric Ries, The Lean Startup @FailCon 2012. He suggested building a new vc pattern recognition for women. He also advises not to raise money until you have a market fit & undeniable traction. The official...
I recently video interviewed Renee DiResta, Associate @OATV to find out how she was enjoying the move from Wall Street to venture capital. Â Bryce Roberts, Partner OATV had reached out to me a long while back & had complained that they...
Here’s the first part of the talk! Last week I gave a talk to the Founding Moms’ Exchange in San Francisco about raising investment for female entrepreneurs. Â It was a great crowd of mompreneurs & we had a fabulous conversation about...
Video interview with Janice Taylor, Founder JustBeFriends Network. Â I talked with Janice about her move to the Bay area with her startup, some of the challenges that Canadian startups face & where are the women in Canadian startups. After...
Here’s a short video where I offer the biggest secret to the Perfect Pitch! Its been my experience, since my first startup 7 years ago that the pitch & deck are crucial for every entrepreneur. Â Even if you are not raising money &...