Podcast appearances and mentions of Randy Komisar

“The most dangerous risk of all – the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.” – Randy Komisar 

Randy Komisar is an entrepreneur and investor at Kleiner Perkins.Previously, he was a co-founder of Claris Corp., served as CEO for LucasArts Entertainment and Crystal Dynamics, and acted as “virtual CEO” for such companies as WebTV and GlobalGiving. Randy also served as CFO of GO Corp. and as senior counsel for Apple Computer, following a private practice in technology law.Randy is a founding director of TiVo and serves on the Roadtrip Nation Advisory Board and Orrick's Women's Leadership Board. He is the author of the best-selling book,The Monk and the Riddle, as well as several articles on leadership and entrepreneurship. He is also the co-author of Straight Talk for Startups, the insider best practices for entrepreneurial success, Getting to Plan B, on managing innovation, and I F**king Love that Company, on building consumer brands.This conversation with Randy Komisar is just spectacular! We dive right into how he turned his interview with Neil Young from disaster to success, why growing up with a professional gambler sharpened his communication skills, the way that luck factors into your career, and the way to maximize your chances of serendipity coming your way.You'll learn pearl after pearl of wisdom from Randy in our conversation, including a crucial question he asks as an investor to any entrepreneur to assess what they're made of. Randy's such a great storyteller, and this discussion is not to be missed! Find out more about Randy and Kleiner Perkins | WebsiteConnect with Alisa! Follow Alisa Cohn on Instagram: @alisacohn Twitter: @alisacohn Facebook: facebook.com/alisa.cohn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisacohn/ Website: http://www.alisacohn.com Download her 5 scripts for delicate conversations (and 1 to make your life better) Grab a copy of From Start-Up to Grown-Up by Alisa Cohn from AmazonLove the show? Subscribe, Rate, Review, Like, and Share!

Nihal Mehta of Eniac Ventures joins Paul and Randy to talk about the importance of a VC's network to a fund's health.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Wayee Chu of Reach Capital talks to Paul and Randy about building a foundation for a multi-generational fund.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures joins Paul and Randy to talk about what it's like to be a Solo GP.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Paul and Randy speak with Eurie Kim of Forerunner Ventures about the importance of a fund's thesis.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Paul and Randy chat with David Horowitz from Touchdown VC about the unique aspects of corporate venture funds.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jenny Friedman of Four Acres Capital chats with Paul and Randy about what its like to start a fund from scratch and how different investing is for today's emerging managers.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Matt Ocko of DCVC joins Paul and Randy to talk about the intracacies of investing in deep tech plus he sprinkles in a few good impressions.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Paul and Randy speak with Keith Rabois of Founder's Fund and learn how he decides which companies he will invest his time and money out of the thousands he sees.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today Paul and Randy talk with Ann Miura-Ko to talk about how your fund size affects everything from how many deals you do to which round you can invest in.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Paul and Randy are joined by Semil Shah of Haystack VC to discuss ways VCs find new deals.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lunch Pail VC is a No Bull look at the nuts and bolts of Venture Capital. Paul Martino of Bullpen Capital and Randy Komisar of Kleiner Perkins interview today's leaders in VC about a range of topics fundamental to any Venture Capitalist's job like sourcing deals, deal selection, and what your fund size says about your fund strategy. Join Paul and Randy each week for a deep dive into insights from top GPs like Keith Rabois from Founders Fund and Matt Ocko from DCVC. Subscribe today to make sure you are up to date on weekly episodes.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Releasing: Tuesday 7 June 2022 In this very special bonus episode of NZTE's Investment Fix podcast, we talk to Silicon Valley legend, Randy Komisar. Randy is an investor at American venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, a founding director of TiVo and co-founder of Claris Corporation. His impressive 40+ year career has seen him act as CEO of LucasArts Entertainment and Crystal Dynamics, 'virtual CEO' for companies such as Global Giving and WebTV, and senior legal counsel for Apple and LucasArts. Randy is also very involved in New Zealand's investment economy. He's an advisor to NZGCP, and works closely with Kiwi investors, entrepreneurs and policy makers with the aim of building an innovation hub here in Aotearoa. He joins us to share his vast experience and knowledge, his insights into the opportunities for New Zealand on a global stage, and what lessons we might learn from Silicon Valley.

Paul Martino is a Venture Capitalist and a Managing General Partner and Co-founder of Bullpen Capital. Before forming Bullpen in 2010, Paul was an active angel investor and personally invested in the first rounds of Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), TubeMogul (NASDAQ: TUBE), and uDemy. He sold a company to Millennial Media before its public offering (Condaptive) and to Marketo before its public offering (Crowd Factory). He's an eight-time company founder, movie producer, and now sports entertainment venue operator. Paul's production company gave rise to the film Inside Game, a movie about the 2007 NBA betting scandal. Paul's early online gaming innovations in multi-player user experience from over 30 years ago are the inspiration for several modern social gaming offerings. He holds over a dozen patents on core social networking concepts, content targeting, and recommendation systems. In this episode… If you walked into a meeting with the legendary CEO coach Bill Campell, would he take you on as a protégé? Imagine going into that meeting with Bill and convincing him to come out of retirement to become your coach. What type of entrepreneur would that make you?  You become a darn good one with loads of lessons for repeat success. Paul Martino had to become that type of entrepreneur after working with Bill Campbell. Paul has since built eight companies and is now a venture capitalist. What are some of the lessons he learned from greats like Bill Campbell and Randy Komisar on becoming a serially successful entrepreneur?  Listen to this episode of the Inspired Insider Podcast with Dr. Jeremy Weisz, featuring Paul Martino, Managing General Partner and Co-founder of Bullpen Capital. Paul walks through his journey as an eight-time founder, how he met and convinced Bill Campbell to come out of retirement — and become his coach, the type of companies Paul invests in now, and lots more.

Investors have pumped capital into emerging markets since the beginning of civilization. Egyptians explored basic mathematics and used their findings to build larger structures and even granaries to allow merchants to store food and serve larger and larger cities. Greek philosophers expanded on those learnings and applied math to learn the orbits of planets, the size of the moon, and the size of the earth. Their merchants used the astrolabe to expand trade routes. They studied engineering and so learned how to leverage the six simple machines to automate human effort, developing mills and cranes to construct even larger buildings. The Romans developed modern plumbing and aqueducts and gave us concrete and arches and radiant heating and bound books and the postal system.  Some of these discoveries were state sponsored; others from wealthy financiers. Many an early investment was into trade routes, which fueled humanities ability to understand the world beyond their little piece of it and improve the flow of knowledge and mix found knowledge from culture to culture.  As we covered in the episode on clockworks and the series on science through the ages, many a scientific breakthrough was funded by religion as a means of wowing the people. And then autocrats and families who'd made their wealth from those trade routes. Over the centuries of civilizations we got institutions who could help finance industry.  Banks loan money using an interest rate that matches the risk of their investment. It's illegal, going back to the Bible to overcharge on interest. That's called usury, something the Romans realized during their own cycles of too many goods driving down costs and too few fueling inflation. And yet, innovation is an engine of economic growth - and so needs to be nurtured.  The rise of capitalism meant more and more research was done privately and so needed to be funded. And the rise of intellectual property as a good. Yet banks have never embraced startups.  The early days of the British Royal Academy were filled with researchers from the elite. They could self-fund their research and the more doing research, the more discoveries we made as a society. Early American inventors tinkered in their spare time as well. But the pace of innovation has advanced because of financiers as much as the hard work and long hours. Companies like DuPont helped fuel the rise of plastics with dedicated research teams. Railroads were built by raising funds. Trade grew. Markets grew. And people like JP Morgan knew those markets when they invested in new fields and were able to grow wealth and inspire new generations of investors. And emerging industries ended up dominating the places that merchants once held in the public financial markets.  Going back to the Venetians, public markets have required regulation. As banking became more a necessity for scalable societies it too required regulation - especially after the Great Depression. And yet we needed new companies willing to take risks to keep innovation moving ahead., as we do today And so the emergence of the modern venture capital market came in those years with a few people willing to take on the risk of investing in the future. John Hay “Jock” Whitney was an old money type who also started a firm. We might think of it more as a family office these days but he had acquired 15% in Technicolor and then went on to get more professional and invest. Jock's partner in the adventure was fellow Delta Kappa Epsilon from out at the University of Texas chapter, Benno Schmidt. Schmidt coined the term venture capital and they helped pivot Spencer Chemicals from a musicians plant to fertilizer - they're both nitrates, right? They helped bring us Minute Maid. and more recently have been in and out of Herbalife, Joe's Crab Shack, Igloo coolers, and many others. But again it was mostly Whitney money and while we tend to think of venture capital funds as having more than one investor funding new and enterprising companies.  And one of those venture capitalists stands out above the rest. Georges Doriot moved to the United States from France to get his MBA from Harvard. He became a professor at Harvard and a shrewd business mind led to him being tapped as the Director of the Military Planning Division for the Quartermaster General. He would be promoted to brigadier general following a number of massive successes in the research and development as part of the pre-World War II military industrial academic buildup.  After the war Doriot created the American Research and Development Corporation or ARDC with the former president of MIT, Karl Compton, and engineer-turned Senator Ralph Flanders - all of them wrote books about finance, banking, and innovation. They proved that the R&D for innovation could be capitalized to great return. The best example of their success was Digital Equipment Corporation, who they invested $70,000 in in 1957 and turned that into over $350 million in 1968 when DEC went public, netting over 100% a year of return. Unlike Whitney, ARDC took outside money and so Doriot became known as the first true venture capitalist. Those post-war years led to a level of patriotism we arguably haven't seen since. John D. Rockefeller had inherited a fortune from his father, who built Standard Oil. To oversimplify, that company was broken up into a variety of companies including what we now think of as Exxon, Mobil, Amoco, and Chevron. But the family was one of the wealthiest in the world and the five brothers who survived John Jr built an investment firm they called the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. We might think of the fund as a social good investment fund these days. Following the war in 1951, John D Rockefeller Jr endowed the fund with $58 million and in 1956, deep in the Cold War, the fund president Nelson Rockefeller financed a study and hired Henry Kissinger to dig into the challenges of the United States. And then came Sputnik in 1957 and a failed run for the presidency of the United States by Nelson in 1960.  Meanwhile, the fund was helping do a lot of good but also helping to research companies Venrock would capitalize. The family had been investing since the 30s but Laurance Rockefeller had setup Venrock, a mashup of venture and Rockefeller. In Venrock, the five brothers, their sister, MIT's Ted Walkowicz, and Harper Woodward banded together to sprinkle funding into now over 400 companies that include Apple, Intel, PGP, CheckPoint, 3Com, DoubleClick and the list goes on. Over 125 public companies have come out of the fund today with an unimaginable amount of progress pushing the world forward. The government was still doing a lot of basic research in those post-war years that led to standards and patents and pushing innovation forward in private industry. ARDC caught the attention of a number of other people who had money they needed to put to work. Some were family offices increasingly willing to make aggressive investments. Some were started by ARDC alumni such as Charlie Waite and Bill Elfers who with Dan Gregory founded Greylock Partners. Greylock has invested in everyone from Red Hat to Staples to LinkedIn to Workday to Palo Alto Networks to Drobo to Facebook to Zipcar to Nextdoor to OpenDNS to Redfin to ServiceNow to Airbnb to Groupon to Tumblr to Zenprise to Dropbox to IFTTT to Instagram to Firebase to Wandera to Sumo Logic to Okta to Arista to Wealthfront to Domo to Lookout to SmartThings to Docker to Medium to GoFundMe to Discord to Houseparty to Roblox to Figma. Going on 800 investments just since the 90s they are arguably one of the greatest venture capital firms of all time.  Other firms came out of pure security analyst work. Hayden, Stone, & Co was co-founded by another MIT grad, Charles Hayden, who made his name mining copper to help wire up the world in what he expected to be an increasingly electrified world. Stone was a Wall Street tycoon and the two of them founded a firm that employed Joe Kennedy, the family patriarch, Frank Zarb, a Chairman of the NASDAQ and they gave us one of the great venture capitalists to fund technology companies, Arthur Rock.  Rock has often been portrayed as the bad guy in Steve Jobs movies but was the one who helped the “Traitorous 8” leave Shockley Semiconductor and after their dad (who had an account at Hayden Stone) mentioned they needed funding, got serial entrepreneur Sherman Fairchild to fund Fairchild Semiconductor. He developed tech for the Apollo missions, flashes, spy satellite photography - but that semiconductor business grew to 12,000 people and was a bedrock of forming what we now call Silicon Valley. Rock ended up moving to the area and investing. Parlaying success in an investment in Fairchild to invest in Intel when Moore and Noyce left Fairchild to co-found it.  Venture Capital firms raise money from institutional investors that we call limited partners and invest that money. After moving to San Francisco, Rock setup Davis and Rock, got some limited partners, including friends from his time at Harvard and invested in 15 companies, including Teledyne and Scientific Data Systems, which got acquired by Xerox, taking their $257,000 investment to a $4.6 million dollar valuation in 1970 and got him on the board of Xerox. He dialed for dollars for Intel and raised another $2.5 million in a couple of hours, and became the first chair of their board. He made all of his LPs a lot of money. One of those Intel employees who became a millionaire retired young. Mike Markulla invested some of his money and Rock put in $57,000 - growing it to $14 million and went on to launch or invest in companies and make billions of dollars in the process.  Another firm that came out of the Fairchild Semiconductor days was Kleiner Perkins. They started in 1972, by founding partners Eugene Kleiner, Tom Perkins, Frank Caufield, and Brook Byers. Kleiner was the leader of those Traitorous 8 who left William Shockley and founded Fairchild Semiconductor. He later hooked up with former HP head of Research and Development and yet another MIT and Harvard grad, Bill Perkins. Perkins would help Corning, Philips, Compaq, and Genentech - serving on boards and helping them grow.  Caufield came out of West Point and got his MBA from Harvard as well. He'd go on to work with Quantum, AOL, Wyse, Verifone, Time Warner, and others.  Byers came to the firm shortly after getting his MBA from Stanford and started four biotech companies that were incubated at Kleiner Perkins - netting the firm over $8 Billion dollars. And they taught future generations of venture capitalists. People like John Doerr - who was a great seller at Intel but by 1980 graduated into venture capital bringing in deals with Sun, Netscape, Amazon, Intuit, Macromedia, and one of the best gambles of all time - Google. And his reward is a net worth of over $11 billion dollars. But more importantly to help drive innovation and shape the world we live in today.  Kleiner Perkins was the first to move into Sand Hill Road. From there, they've invested in nearly a thousand companies that include pretty much every household name in technology. From there, we got the rise of the dot coms and sky-high rent, on par with Manhattan. Why? Because dozens of venture capital firms opened offices on that road, including Lightspeed, Highland, Blackstone, Accel-KKR, Silver Lake, Redpoint, Sequoia, and Andreesen Horowitz. Sequoia also started in the 70s, by Don Valentine and then acquired by Doug Leone and Michael Moritz in the 90s. Valentine did sales for Raytheon before joining National Semiconductor, which had been founded by a few Sperry Rand traitors and brought in some execs from Fairchild. They were venture backed and his background in sales helped propel some of their earlier investments in Apple, Atari, Electronic Arts, LSI, Cisco, and Oracle to success. And that allowed them to invest in a thousand other companies including Yahoo!, PayPal, GitHub, Nvidia, Instagram, Google, YouTube, Zoom, and many others.  So far, most of the firms have been in the US. But venture capital is a global trend.  Masayoshi Son founded Softbank in 1981 to sell software and then published some magazines and grew the circulation to the point that they were Japan's largest technology publisher by the end of the 80s and then went public in 1994. They bought Ziff Davis publishing, COMDEX, and seeing so much technology and the money in technology, Son inked a deal with Yahoo! to create Yahoo! Japan. They pumped $20 million into Alibaba in 2000 and by 2014 that investment was worth $60 billion. In that time they became more aggressive with where they put their money to work. They bought Vodafone Japan, took over competitors, and then the big one - they bought Sprint, which they merged with T-Mobile and now own a quarter of the combined companies. An important aspect of venture capital and private equity is multiple expansion. The market capitalization of Sprint more than doubled with shares shooting up over 10%. They bought Arm Limited, the semiconductor company that designs the chips in so many a modern phone, IoT device, tablet and even computer now. As with other financial firms, not all investments can go great. SoftBank pumped nearly $5 billion into WeWork. Wag failed. 2020 saw many in staff reductions. They had to sell tens of billions in assets  to weather the pandemic. And yet with some high profile losses, they sold ARM for a huge profit, Coupang went public and investors in their Vision Funds are seeing phenomenal returns across over 200 companies in the portfolios. Most of the venture capitalists we mentioned so far invested as early as possible and stuck with the company until an exit - be it an IPO, acquisition, or even a move into private equity. Most got a seat on the board in exchange for not only their seed capital, or the money to take products to market, but also their advice. In many a company the advice was worth more than the funding. For example, Randy Komisar, now at Kleiner Perkins, famously recommended TiVo sell monthly subscriptions, the growth hack they needed to get profitable. As the venture capital industry grew and more and more money was being pumped into fueling innovation, different accredited and institutional investors emerged to have different tolerances for risk and different skills to bring to the table. Someone who built an enterprise SaaS company and sold within three years might be better served to invest in and advise another company doing the same thing. Just as someone who had spent 20 years running companies that were at later stages and taking them to IPO was better at advising later stage startups who maybe weren't startups any more. Here's a fairly common startup story. After finishing a book on Lisp, Paul Graham decides to found a company with Robert Morris. That was Viaweb in 1995 and one of the earliest SaaS startups that hosted online stores - similar to a Shopify today. Viaweb had an investor named Julian Weber, who invested $10,000 in exchange for 10% of the company. Weber gave them invaluable advice and they were acquired by Yahoo! for about $50 million in stock in 1998, becoming the Yahoo Store.  Here's where the story gets different. 2005 and Graham decides to start doing seed funding for startups, following the model that Weber had established with Viaweb. He and Viaweb co-founders Robert Morris (the guy that wrote the Morris worm) and Trevor Blackwell start Y Combinator, along with Jessica Livingston. They put in $200,000 to invest in companies and with successful investments grew to a few dozen companies a year. They're different because they pick a lot of technical founders (like themselves) and help the founders find product market fit, finish their solutions, and launch. And doing so helped them bring us Airbnb, Doordash, Reddit, Stripe, Dropbox and countless others. Notice that many of these firms have funded the same companies. This is because multiple funds investing in the same company helps distribute risk. But also because in an era where we've put everything from cars to education to healthcare to innovation on an assembly line, we have an assembly line in companies. We have thousands of angel investors, or humans who put capital to work by investing in companies they find through friends, family, and now portals that connect angels with companies.  We also have incubators, a trend that began in the late 50s in New York when Jo Mancuso opened a warehouse up for small tenants after buying a warehouse to help the town of Batavia. The Batavia Industrial Center provided office supplies, equipment, secretaries, a line of credit, and most importantly advice on building a business. They had made plenty of money on chicken coops and though that maybe helping companies start was a lot like incubating chickens and so incubators were born.  Others started incubating. The concept expanded from local entrepreneurs helping other entrepreneurs and now cities, think tanks, companies, and even universities, offer incubation in their walls. Keep in mind many a University owns a lot of patents developed there and plenty of companies have sprung up to commercialize the intellectual property incubated there. Seeing that and how technology companies needed to move faster we got  accelerators like Techstars, founded by David Cohen, Brad Feld, David Brown, and Jared Polis in 2006 out of Boulder, Colorado. They have worked with over 2,500 companies and run a couple of dozen programs. Some of the companies fail by the end of their cohort and yet many like Outreach and Sendgrid grow and become great organizations or get acquired. The line between incubator and accelerator can be pretty slim today. Many of the earlier companies mentioned are now the more mature venture capital firms. Many have moved to a focus on later stage companies with YC and Techstars investing earlier. They attend the demos of companies being accelerated and invest. And the fact that founding companies and innovating is now on an assembly line, the companies that invest in an A round of funding, which might come after an accelerator, will look to exit in a B round, C round, etc. Or may elect to continue their risk all the way to an acquisition or IPO.  And we have a bevy of investing companies focusing on the much later stages. We have private equity firms and family offices that look to outright own, expand, and either harvest dividends from or sell an asset, or company. We have traditional institutional lenders who provide capital but also invest in companies. We have hedge funds who hedge puts and calls or other derivatives on a variety of asset classes. Each has their sweet spot even if most will opportunistically invest in diverse assets. Think of the investments made as horizons. The Angel investor might have their shares acquired in order to clean up the cap table, or who owns which parts of a company, in later rounds. This simplifies the shareholder structure as the company is taking on larger institutional investors to sprint towards and IPO or an acquisition. People like Arthur Rock, Tommy Davis, Tom Perkins, Eugene Kleiner, Doerr, Masayoshi Son, and so many other has proven that they could pick winners. Or did they prove they could help build winners? Let's remember that investing knowledge and operating experience were as valuable as their capital. Especially when the investments were adjacent to other successes they'd found. Venture capitalists invested more than $10 billion in 1997. $600 million of that found its way to early-stage startups. But most went to preparing a startup with a product to take it to mass market. Today we pump more money than ever into R&D - and our tax systems support doing so more than ever. And so more than ever, venture money plays a critical role in the life cycle of innovation. Or does venture money play a critical role in the commercialization of innovation? Seed accelerators, startup studios, venture builders, public incubators, venture capital firms, hedge funds, banks - they'd all have a different answer. And they should. Few would stick with an investment like Digital Equipment for as long as ARDC did. And yet few provide over 100% annualized returns like they did.  As we said in the beginning of this episode, wealthy patrons from Pharaohs to governments to industrialists to now venture capitalists have long helped to propel innovation, technology, trade, and intellectual property. We often focus on the technology itself in computing - but without the money the innovation either wouldn't have been developed or if developed wouldn't have made it to the mass market and so wouldn't have had an impact into our productivity or quality of life.  The knowledge that comes with those who provide the money can be seen with irreverence. Taking an innovation to market means market-ing. And sales. Most generations see the previous generations as almost comedic, as we can see in the HBO show Silicon Valley when the cookie cutter industrialized approach goes too far. We can also end up with founders who learn to sell to investors rather than raising capital in the best way possible, selling to paying customers. But there's wisdom from previous generations when offered and taken appropriately. A coachable founder with a vision that matches the coaching and a great product that can scale is the best investment that can be made. Because that's where innovation can change the world.

Frank Bria is a serial entrepreneur and analytics junkie with a great deal of commitment to business analytics in retail banking and marketing. He has worked alongside several technology start-up businesses and is dedicated to building mathematical optimization software for the banking industry. After 15 years in the consultancy business, Frank made the decision to start a business of his own.Frank is the host of the 6 to 7 Figures Show podcast. He is also the author of the bestselling book Scale: How to Grow Your Business by Working Less and the founder of the High-Ticket Program. This program was designed to encourage his clients to utilize a scalable program design and execution in their businesses. He also assists a significant number of entrepreneurs to design and execute their High-Ticket Programs. Now he works with businesses that are offering  B2B services  to create a high-level customer experience. He also uses mathematical optimization, statistics, and data analytics to improve their business performance.Listen in as they discuss:Frank's journey to becoming a business growth expert.The three (3) key elements people get wrong when starting their business.Breaking free of your own work.Investing in someone to do the job for you.Having the mindset of a CEO.Growth as a long-term investment.And, more!Frank also shares with us how he starts off with his employees by creating a hierarchy chart and the worst advice he has heard  given in scaling businesses.TIP OF THE WEEKMark: If you want to learn more about getting to that next level go to frankbria.com. My tip of the week is frankbria.com.Scott: If the system in the workflow is your thing, make sure you follow us at processmodo.com for Process Thursday every week. Every Thursday we're building others processes and maybe yours is there too.Frank: There's a book that I absolutely love that I like to recommend for anyone who's looking at their business model and making shifts in it, it's called Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business. Anyone who's done any serial entrepreneur work knows that Plan A never works, so if you started out a business and processes, and finds you're struggling, you're not alone. You can check the book on Amazon by John Mullins and Randy Komisar. It's a ton of great stories about large companies where they have a pivot and getting really creative about it. I think people who get out of the book start to think very creatively about what needs to change in order to become a scalable business model.Isn't it time to create passive income so you can work where you want, when you want and with whomever you want?

Description: Hear Mark Cramer explain his view on Product Management, his definitions of AI and related fields, why he thinks AI is cool and life-long learning is important, how the job of the AI Product manager is challenging (and more fun!) than a regular Product Management job, and what to do if you’re considering becoming an AI product manager. Timing:00:00 Introduction01:28 Mark’s career04:57 Why is AI Product management more than just product management?05:25 What is Product Management (without AI)?14:52 What is AI? (And Machine learning and deep learning)26:44 AI Product management requires more than just product management skills40:58 The always critical MVP (Minimum Viable Product) applied to AI products52:07 Resources for people wanting to be an AI product manager54:00 Wrap-up!Links:Mark Cramer: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mcramer/Mark’s Writing:Magic Dust for Artificial Intelligence Product Managers: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/magic-dust-artificial-intelligence-product-managers-mark-cramer/Learnin’ Good All this AI Stuff for Product Management: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/learin-good-all-ai-stuff-product-management-mark-cramer/Communicating a Red-Hot AI Value Proposition to Your Stakeholders: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/communicating-red-hot-ai-value-proposition-your-mark-cramer/AI PM WFH SIP TBR, IMHO; YOLO: https://medium.com/@markdcramer/ai-pm-wfh-tbr-imho-yolo-ddb1497716bOTHER PEOPLEEric Ries / The Lean Startup: http://theleanstartup.comSteve Blank: https://steveblank.comRandy Komisar: https://www.kleinerperkins.com/people/randy-komisar/ OTHER RELATED BOOKS:The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank: https://amzn.to/36e8rkZThe Startup Owner’s Manual: https://amzn.to/3cDHLeJThe Lean Startup by Eric Ries: https://amzn.to/3cIGB1tThe Startup Way by Eric Ries. https://amzn.to/2S6JM9RThe Monk and the Riddle by Randy Komisar: https://amzn.to/2S7YEVCGetting to Plan B by John Mullins and Randy Komisar: https://amzn.to/2Hzk1NfAffiliate Links used where possible!DISCLOSURE: We often review or link to products & services we regularly use or have tested or evaluated and think you might find helpful. To support the channel, we use referral links wherever possible, which means if you click one of the links in this video or description and make a purchase we may receive a small commission or other compensation. We're big fans of Amazon, and many of our links to products/gear are links to those products on Amazon. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and related sites. 

Venture capitalist Randy Komisar of Kleiner Perkins, one of the blue chip-iest of all tech VC firms on the planet, joins Peter for a candid, refreshing live CREATV University conversation that will surprise and inspire you. If you think all VC's fit a certain mold, think again. Randy breaks it, fearlessly. He chases ideas – not money. His professional journey matches his personal, spiritual journey. Randy also gives a "sneak peek" into how VC's make their decisions - something critical for all entrepreneurs. To go deeper and learn more, visit www.creatv.media.

Silicon Valley venture capitalist Randy Komisar, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, discusses the pressing need for social-justice innovations, the unregulated imbalance between capital and labor, and the monopolization of data by the big tech companies.

" The most dangerous risk of all- the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later." -Randy Komisar 

Welcome to the History of Computing Podcast, where we explore the history of information technology. Because understanding the past prepares us to innovate (and sometimes cope with) the future! Today we're going to review a fantastic little book, called “The Monk and The Riddle” by Virtual CEO Randy Kommisar Like a lot of authors, I'm a reader. There have always been a lot of technical books in my house. In fact I had to downsize at some point because they were getting out of control. So I made a dedicated Instagram account called deadtechbooks to post photos of books. Separation anxiety is for reals. But I've also read a lot of books about startups and venture capital. And it never ceases to amaze me just how big a jerk most of the authors are. There are the super jerks who just come right out with it and let the reader know they invested in Google or Amazon and have billions to throw away. And that they're so god-like that should you pitch to them, you'll be struck down by some kind of Jesus fire. You're left wondering why they bothered to write a book. But then you realize it's an elitist business card. Then there are the overly eloquent nerdy jerks who let the reader know how rich they are by hiring a ghostwriter with such great prose that the biography pretending to be an autobiography would likely be taught in literature courses along with their fellow literary greats had they not chased a big old vapid paycheck. you can feel the disdain they have for the giant douchenozzle paying their check oozing between the book bindings. You can empathize with the ghostwriter, given the landmass of ego they distilled into perfectly digestible 7th grade prose. Nerdy founders who go down this route likely need to partake in the spirits just as badly given many will never have a good enough idea to found another company that actually bothers to launch a product. Then there's the opposite; the autobiography masquerading as a biography. You can feel the subject become the author. Sometimes they commission the book. Other times the author becomes enamored with the subject of the book and all objectivity is lost. There may be thinly veiled attempts but founders, investors - they can be seductive to a storyteller. Whether through accomplishments or wealth. Don't get me wrong, love stories are great; they just belong in the romance section of the bookstore. Then there are the startup guides. Be very careful because one size doesn't fit all. Saying you have to do things using a formula is as dangerous as it is delusional. There are no best practices when starting a company, only worst practices. Some use such arcane tactics that many a buyer for a new startup might consider them offensive. To be clear though writing potential customers hand-written thank you cards is quaint and totally legit. Then there's the books that focus on the facts. But without opinion or feelings they read more like code. The worst of the bunch are the humble-brags. These self-defacing tomes make sure you know just how smart the author is. Their wealth or brilliant ideas tell you exactly what you need to know. Or they would if the author didn't tell you it was just a matter of timing, right before taking you through all of their business master strokes in a wild stimulation of... themselves. I've learned to read between the archetypes. Sometimes I get lost and later realize what happened but I frequently start a book just a bit leary. Randy Komisar is none of these. He began his professional life as a lawyer and then worked on the deal that put Pixar in the hands of Steve Jobs. From there, he landed at Apple and worked to license the Mac operating system. When that fell through he ended up co-founding Claris with Bill Campbell. He tells the reader some of his failures along the way, but never with an air of the humble-brag. He speaks of Campbell and others with reverence. Not as heroes but as mentors; not with adoration but with warmth. He then goes through how he landed in what we now call venture capital. He addresses his good fortunes and privilege and mixes pronouns in a way that doesn't feel the least bit contrived. He mentions his time and involvement in the early days of webtv and TiVo in the book and explains the differences between a few types of startups in a way that's easy to understand. Komisar warns against being bigger, faster and cheaper while telling the reader that sometimes that's actually the right way to launch a company. He doesn't bother to tell the reader too much of his own story until pretty late in the book. Instead he focuses on a startup who is pitching him. He explores motivations and the type that align to his world view. He does so with a genuine desire to help a person he doesn't initially like. Why? Because he sees something in the big idea the guy has. But through the book the young founder pivots into a content portal over time with no clear route to make money but instead a focus helping people. Throughout the journey he drops insights that can help a reader navigate that world but not overtly. By the end you're left wondering where the journey has taken you, and you almost forgot about where it began. The book opens with a story of meeting the Dalai Lama. It's not a bragadochio opening. Instead It's a “this isn't going to be your typical startup book” opening. By the end you've almost forgotten about where the book began. The monk had asked the author about why people aren't more compassionate to one another. By the time the book is done the author has become the monk and helped the startup reorient around compassion. And the author has shown compassion to the young founders by looking past their initial presentations full of charts and graphs and helping them recapture the why behind their idea, moving away from big, fast and cheap. So next time you're out trying to sell your ideas, dig below the surface. Revisit your passion. Let your motivation show and you just might find a champion who can help you find a path to something that you maybe didn't see in your own journey. This book won't be for everyone. But I'm lucky it landed in my lap at a time when I was able to accept the message. Just as I'm lucky you chose to listen to this episode of the history of computing podcast. Thank you so much for joining me. Have a great day!

TiVo is a computer. To understand the history, let's hop in our trusty time machine. It's 1997. England gives Hong Kong back to China, after 156 years of British rule. The Mars Pathfinder touches down on Mars. The OJ Simpson trials are behind us, but the civil suit begins. Lonely Scottish scientists clone a sheep and name it Dolly. The first Harry Potter book is published. Titanic is released. Tony Blair is elected the Prime Minister of Great Britain. Hanson sang Mmmm Bop. And Pokemon is released. No not Pokemon Go, but Pokemon. The world was changing. The Notorious BIG was gunned down not far from where I was living at the time. Blackstreet released No Diggity. Third Eye Blind led a Semi-Charmed life and poppy grunge killed grunge grunge. And television. Holy buckets. Friends, Seinfeld, X Files, ER, Buff and the Vampire Slayer, Frasier, King of the Hill, Dharma and Greg, South Park, The Simpsons, Stargate, Home Improvement, Daria, Law and Order, Oz, Roseanne, The View, The Drew Carey Show, Family Matters, Power Rangers, JAG, Tenacious D, Lois and Clark, Spawn. Mosaic the first web browser, was released, Sergey Brin and Larry Page registered a weird domain name called Google because BackRub just seemed kinda' weird. Facebook, craigslist, and Netflix were also purchased. Bill Gates became the richest business nerd in the world. DVDs were released. The hair was big. But commercials were about to become a thing of the past. So were cords. 802.11, also known as Wi-Fi, became a standard. Microsoft bought WebTV, but something else was about to happen that would forever change the way we watched television. We'd been watching television for roughly the same way for about 70 years. Since January 13th in 1928, when the General Electric factory in Schenectady, New York broadcast as WGY Television, using call letters W2XB. That was for experiments, but they launched W2XBS a little later, now known as WNBC. They just showed a Felix the Cat spinning around on a turntable for 2 hours a day to test stuff. A lot of testing around different markets were happening and The Queen's Messenger would be the first drama broadcast on television in LA later that year. But it wasn't until 1935 that the BBC started airing regular content and the late 1930s that regular programming started in the US, spreading slowly throughout the world, with Japan being one of the last countries to get a regular broadcast in 1953. So for the next several decades a love affair began with humans and their televisions. Color came to prime time in 1972, after the price of color TVs introduced over the couple of decades before started to come down in price. Entire industries sprang up around the television, or at least migrated from newspapers and radio to television. Moon landings, football, baseball, the news, game shows. Since that 1972 introduction of color tv, the microcomputer revolution had come. Computers were getting smaller. Hard drive capacity was growing. I could stroll down to the local Fry's and buy a Western Digital, IBM Deskstar, Seagate Barracuda, an HP Kitty Hawk, or even a 10,000 RPM Cheetah. But the cheaper drives had come down enough for mass distribution. And so it was when Time Warner, a major US cable company at the time, decided to test a digital video system. They tapped Silicon Graphics alumni Jim Barton and Mike Ramsay to look into a set top box, or network appliance, or something. After initial testing, Time Warner didn't think it was quite the right time to build nation-wide. They'd spent $100 million dollars testing the service in Orlando. So the pair struck out on their own. Silicon Valley was abuzz about set top boxes, now that the web was getting big, dialup was getting easy, and PCs were pretty common fare. Steve Perlman's WebTV got bought by Microsoft for nearly half a billion dollars. Which became MSN TV and played the foundation for the Xbox hardware. I remember well that the prevailing logic of the time was that the set top box was the next big thing. The lagerts would join the Internet revolution. Grandma and Grandpa would go online. So Ramsay and Barton got a check for $3M from VC firms to further develop their idea. They founded a company called Teleworld and started running public trials of a new device that came out of their research, called TiVo. The set top box would go beyond television and be a hub for home networking, managing refrigerators, thermostats, manage your television, order a grocery delivery, and even bring the RFC for an internet coffee pot to life! But they were a little before their time on some of this. After some time, they narrowed the focus to a television receiver that could record content. The VC firms were so excited they ponied up another $300 million dollars to take the product to market. Investors even asked how long it would take the TV networks to shut them down. Disruption was afoot. When Ramsay and Barton approached Apple, Claris and Lucas Arts veteran Randy Komisar, he suggested they look at charging for a monthly service. But he, as with the rest of Silicon Valley, bought their big idea, especially since Komisar had sat on the board of WebTV. TiVo would need to raise a lot of money to ink deals with the big content providers of the time. They couldn't alienate the networks. No one knew, but the revolution in cutting the cord was on the way. Inking deals with those providers would prove to be much more expensive than building the boxes. They set about raising capital. They inked deals with Sony, Philips, Philips, and announced a release of the first TiVo at the Consumer Electronics Show in January of 1999. They'd built an outstanding executive team. They'd done their work. And on March 31st, 1999, a Blue Moon, they released the Series 1 for about $500 and with a $9.95 monthly subscription fee. The device would use a modem to download tv show listings, which would later be replaced with an Ethernet, then Wi-Fi option. The Series1, like Apple devices at the time, would sport a PowerPC processor. Although this one was a 403GCX that only clocked in at 54 MHz - but cheap enough for an embedded system like this. It also came with 32 MB of RaM, a 13 to 60 gig IDE/ATA drive, and would convert analog signal into MPEG-2, storing from 14 to 60 hours of television programming. Back then, you could use the RCA cables or S-Video. They would go public later that year, raising 88 million dollars and nearly doubling in value overnight. By 2000 TiVo was in 150,000 homes and burning through cash far faster than they were making it. It was a huge idea and if big ideas take time to percolate, huge ideas take a lot of time. And a lot of lawsuits. In order to support the new hoarder mentality they were creating, The Series2 would come along in 2002 and would come with up to a 250 gig drive, USB ports, CPUs from 166 to 266 MHz, from 32 to 64 megs of RAM, and the MPEG encoder got moved off to the Broadcom BCM704x chips. In 2006, the Series 3 would introduce HD support, add HDMI, 10/100 Ethernet, and support drives of 2 terabytes with 128 megs of RAM. Ramsay left the company in 2007 to go work at Venture Partners. Barton, the CTO, would leave in 2012. Their big idea had been realized. They weren't needed any more. Ramsay and Barton would found streaming service Qplay, but that wouldn't make it over two years. By then, TiVo had become a verb. Series4 brought us to over a thousand hours of television and supported bluetooth, custom apps, and sport a Broadcom 400 MHZ dual core chip. But it was 2010. Popular DVD subscription service Netflix had been streaming and now had an app that could run on the Series 4. So did Rhapsody, Hulu, and YouTube. The race was on for streaming content. TiVo was still aiming for bigger, faster, cheaper set top boxes. But people were consuming content differently. TiVo gave apps, but Apple TV, Roku, Amazon, and other vendors were now in the same market for a fraction of the cost and without a subscription. By 2016 TiVo was acquired by Rovi for 1.1 Billion dollars and as is often the case in these kinds of scenarios seems listless. Direction… Unknown. After such a disruptive start, I can't imagine any innovation will ever recapture that spirit from the turn of the millennia. And so in December of 2019 (the month I'm recording this episode), after months trying to split TiVo into two companies so they could be sold separately TiVo scrapped that idea and merged with Xperi. I find that we don't talk about Tivo much any more. That doesn't mean they've gone anywhere, just that the model has shifted over the years. According to TechCrunch “TiVo CEO David Shull noted also that Xperi's annual licensing business includes over 100 million connected TV units, and relationships with content providers, CE manufacturers, and automotive OEMs, which now benefit from TiVo's technology.” TiVo was a true disruptor. Along with Virtual CEO Randy Komisar, they sold Silicon Valley on Monthly Recurring Revenue as a key performance indicator. They survived the .com bubble and even thrived in it. They made television interactive. They didn't cut our cords, but they expanded our minds so we could cut them. They introduced the idea of responsibly selling customer data as a revenue stream to help keep those fees in check. And in so doing, they let manufacturers micro market goods and services. They revolutionized the way we consume content. Something we should all be thankful for. So next time you're binging a show from one of your favorite providers, just think about the fact that you might have to spend time with your family or friends if it weren't for TiVo. You owe them a huge thanks.

A few +1s ago, we had fun chatting about the starting and finish lines of my first business, eteamz.    I mentioned that it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows and we briefly discussed the fact that I’ve failed WAY MORE times than I’ve succeeded.   (btw. As a recovering fixed-mindset perfectionist, it was therapeutic for me to type that. Hah. Seriously.)   Today we’re going to remind ourselves to embrace the mis-takes and failures of life that INEVITABLY (and NECESSARILY!!) occur as we strive to do great things in pursuit of mastering ourselves in service to the world.   This gem is pretty epic and worth contemplating: “The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.”   Then there’s Adam Grant’s wisdom from Originals where he quotes Randy Komisar—one of the best entrepreneurs/investors alive: “Whether you’re generating or evaluating new ideas the best you can do is measure success on the kind of yardstick that batters use in baseball. As Randy Komisar puts it, ‘If I’m hitting .300, I’m a genius. That’s because the future cannot be predicted. The sooner you learn it, the sooner you can be good at it.’”   And… There’s Michael Jordan’s wisdom via Carol Dweck’s Mindset (one more time!): “Michael Jordan embraced his failures. In fact, in one of his favorite ads for Nike, he says: “I’ve missed more than nine thousand shots. I’ve lost almost three hundred games. Twenty-six times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot, and missed.” You can be sure that each time, he went back and practiced the shot a hundred times.”   As we look forward to 2020 and commit to making it the best year of our lives (and the start of the best DECADE of our lives!!) let’s reframe our mis-takes and failures as foundation-building fuel for our heroic quests.   Capitalize all those mistakes. Use the data wisely.   And, one more time: Give us all you’ve got.   TODAY.

A few +1s ago, we had fun chatting about the starting and finish lines of my first business, eteamz.    I mentioned that it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows and we briefly discussed the fact that I’ve failed WAY MORE times than I’ve succeeded.   (btw. As a recovering fixed-mindset perfectionist, it was therapeutic for me to type that. Hah. Seriously.)   Today we’re going to remind ourselves to embrace the mis-takes and failures of life that INEVITABLY (and NECESSARILY!!) occur as we strive to do great things in pursuit of mastering ourselves in service to the world.   This gem is pretty epic and worth contemplating: “The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.”   Then there’s Adam Grant’s wisdom from Originals where he quotes Randy Komisar—one of the best entrepreneurs/investors alive: “Whether you’re generating or evaluating new ideas the best you can do is measure success on the kind of yardstick that batters use in baseball. As Randy Komisar puts it, ‘If I’m hitting .300, I’m a genius. That’s because the future cannot be predicted. The sooner you learn it, the sooner you can be good at it.’”   And… There’s Michael Jordan’s wisdom via Carol Dweck’s Mindset (one more time!): “Michael Jordan embraced his failures. In fact, in one of his favorite ads for Nike, he says: “I’ve missed more than nine thousand shots. I’ve lost almost three hundred games. Twenty-six times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot, and missed.” You can be sure that each time, he went back and practiced the shot a hundred times.”   As we look forward to 2020 and commit to making it the best year of our lives (and the start of the best DECADE of our lives!!) let’s reframe our mis-takes and failures as foundation-building fuel for our heroic quests.   Capitalize all those mistakes. Use the data wisely.   And, one more time: Give us all you’ve got.   TODAY.

Silicon Valley legend, Randy Komisar joins us today in a longer than usual episode, but definitely an information-packed conversation. He shares a piece of his mind to us especially on how to have a legendary career, what it's like to be dubbed as the Digital CEO and many more. Rare Opportunity  Randy Komisar was a partner at VC pioneer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. He worked closely with other legends like Steve Jobs and George Lucas. In fact, he has some very interesting stories he shared, being a former senior counsel at Apple and former CEO at LucasArts. “I don't like being disliked and I don't particularly try to be liked. I try to be valued, to create something constructive or positive in a relationship. But being liked is not, it doesn't cross my mind. I want to be respected, if I'm really lucky, I'd like to be admired.” - Randy Komisar The Virtual CEO Silicon Valley CEOs dubbed him as a Virtual CEO. Randy served in that role for companies like WebTV and Global Giving. He had some compelling stories and opinions to share in what Christopher dubbed as “the business equivalent of the lunar landing.” He also served as the founding director of TiVo, which is a direct lineage of Netflix entering that category today. Tivo won one of the biggest patent damage claims of all time, way over billion dollars, and Randy recounts to Christopher what happened during that time. “I actually think, we should have sued earlier. we have the patent rights to all of these, the real question was, could we have coop these guys as partners.” - Randy Komisar Utopians Vs. Libertarians Two significant and different technology demographics comprise Silicon Valley. He describes the 70's and 80's guys as the technology Utopians. Infrastructures were allegedly oppressive at that time which led the Utopians to utilize tools and come to technology to end this. Ultimately, they wanted to empower individuals. Furthermore, the Utopians had a sense of ‘a social contract.’ They felt they need to make the world better. These tools and the advantages that they had with these tools gave them the opportunity to challenge the status quo. In the advent of Facebook and Paypal, we move from technology utopians to technology libertarians. “The tools and platform that you build raise the creative endeavor. It's not to take-the-money- and-run situation. That money gets invested in more ideas, more vision. Yes you need to make a profit, but that profit can fuel creativity or consumption, you get to choose.” - Randy Komisar To hear more about the Silicon Valley Legend Randy Komisar, download and listen to the episode. Bio: Randy Komisar joined Kleiner Perkins in 2005 and focuses on early-stage investing. He served as CFO of GO Corp. and as senior counsel for Apple Computer, following a private practice in technology law. Randy is a founding director of TiVo and serves on the Roadtrip Nation Advisory Board and Orrick’s Women’s Leadership Board. Additionally, he is the author of the best-selling book The Monk and the Riddle, as well as several articles on leadership and entrepreneurship. Furthermore, he is the co-author of Straight Talk for Startups, the insider best practices for entrepreneurial success, Getting to Plan B, on managing innovation, and I F**king Love that Company, on building consumer brands. Randy frequently speaks in the United States and abroad on such topics. Randy holds a B.A. degree in economics from Brown University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Links: Amazon: Randy Komisar Kleiner Perkins Book: Straight Talk for Startups The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living  Executives Launch Podcast To Pass On Lessons From Bill Campbell, Coach To Silicon Valley Stars No Bull Podcast Harper Collins Speakers Bureau: Randy Komisar We hope you enjoyed this episode of Follow Your Different™! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter,

Silicon Valley legend, Randy Komisar joins us today in a longer than usual episode, but definitely an information-packed conversation. He shares a piece of his mind to us especially on how to have a legendary career, what it's like to be dubbed as the Digital CEO and many more. Rare Opportunity  Randy Komisar was a partner at VC pioneer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. He worked closely with other legends like Steve Jobs and George Lucas. In fact, he has some very interesting stories he shared, being a former senior counsel at Apple and former CEO at LucasArts. “I don't like being disliked and I don't particularly try to be liked. I try to be valued, to create something constructive or positive in a relationship. But being liked is not, it doesn't cross my mind. I want to be respected, if I'm really lucky, I'd like to be admired.” - Randy Komisar The Virtual CEO Silicon Valley CEOs dubbed him as a Virtual CEO. Randy served in that role for companies like WebTV and Global Giving. He had some compelling stories and opinions to share in what Christopher dubbed as “the business equivalent of the lunar landing.” He also served as the founding director of TiVo, which is a direct lineage of Netflix entering that category today. Tivo won one of the biggest patent damage claims of all time, way over billion dollars, and Randy recounts to Christopher what happened during that time. “I actually think, we should have sued earlier. we have the patent rights to all of these, the real question was, could we have coop these guys as partners.” - Randy Komisar Utopians Vs. Libertarians Two significant and different technology demographics comprise Silicon Valley. He describes the 70's and 80's guys as the technology Utopians. Infrastructures were allegedly oppressive at that time which led the Utopians to utilize tools and come to technology to end this. Ultimately, they wanted to empower individuals. Furthermore, the Utopians had a sense of ‘a social contract.’ They felt they need to make the world better. These tools and the advantages that they had with these tools gave them the opportunity to challenge the status quo. In the advent of Facebook and Paypal, we move from technology utopians to technology libertarians. “The tools and platform that you build raise the creative endeavor. It's not to take-the-money- and-run situation. That money gets invested in more ideas, more vision. Yes you need to make a profit, but that profit can fuel creativity or consumption, you get to choose.” - Randy Komisar To hear more about the Silicon Valley Legend Randy Komisar, download and listen to the episode. Bio: Randy Komisar joined Kleiner Perkins in 2005 and focuses on early-stage investing. He served as CFO of GO Corp. and as senior counsel for Apple Computer, following a private practice in technology law. Randy is a founding director of TiVo and serves on the Roadtrip Nation Advisory Board and Orrick’s Women’s Leadership Board. Additionally, he is the author of the best-selling book The Monk and the Riddle, as well as several articles on leadership and entrepreneurship. Furthermore, he is the co-author of Straight Talk for Startups, the insider best practices for entrepreneurial success, Getting to Plan B, on managing innovation, and I F**king Love that Company, on building consumer brands. Randy frequently speaks in the United States and abroad on such topics. Randy holds a B.A. degree in economics from Brown University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Links: Amazon: Randy Komisar Kleiner Perkins Book: Straight Talk for Startups The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living  Executives Launch Podcast To Pass On Lessons From Bill Campbell, Coach To Silicon Valley Stars No Bull Podcast Harper Collins Speakers Bureau: Randy Komisar We hope you enjoyed this episode of Follow Your Different™! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter,

W 21 odcinku audycji Zaprojektuj Swoje Życie, Maciej Filipkowski rozmawia z Tomaszem Swiebodą, partnerem zarządzającym funduszem Inovo Venture Partners (wcześniej Inovo VC). Jest to jeden z najbardziej rozpoznawalnych funduszy venture capital w Polsce i regionie, inwestujący w spółki technologiczne na etapie Serii A. Do najbardziej udanych inwestycji Inovo można zaliczyć Booksy (globalny marketplace branży beauty, dostępny w ponad 30 krajach, ponad 20 milionów dolarów od międzynarodowych inwestorów), Brand24 (lider rynku social media monitoring, spółka notowana na NewConnect) czy ECC Games (studio deweloperskie skupiające się na grach motoryzacyjnych, niedawny debiut na NewConnect).Przed prowadzeniem Inovo zdobywał doświadczenie w korporacjach finansowych i funduszach private equity, takich jak m.in. Rothschild - globalny bank inwestycyjny, czy Penta Investments - regionalna grupa inwestycyjna z aktywami o wartości ponad 9 miliardów euro.Nasz gość dopiero od niedawna świadomie projektuje swoje życie. Do tej pory robił różne rzeczy, które obecnie zaczynają się układać w spójną całość. Jedyne co zawsze było niezmienne to pragnienie bycia przedsiębiorcą. Po studiach rozpoczął pracę w instytucjach finansowych, interesował go sektor corporate finance. Zaczynał w Rothschild, gdzie nabył dużo doświadczeń w kwestii kupowania i sprzedawania firm. Co więcej, oprócz bardzo dobrego przeprowadzania procesu i analizy umiejętności budowania modelu, zrozumiał wartość relacji z ludźmi. Według Tomasza, najważniejszą cechą doradcy w banku inwestycyjnym to mieć szerokie znajomości i wiedzieć czego ci ludzie potrzebują.Kolejnym krokiem w jego karierze była praca w Penta Investments.Fundusz private equity kupuje i sprzedaje firmy. W takim uproszczonym sensie jest to znajdywanie ciekawych firm, dobrze zarządzanych, rosnących, zyskownych i inwestowanie w nie, aby pomóc im rosnąć na wartości aby następnie je sprzedać. W funduszach bardzo istotne jest aby przemyśleć w co inwestujemy gdyż zostaje się z tym projektem na parę lat. Po 6 latach pracy w Rothschild i Penta Investments nadszedł czas na podjęcie decyzji czy spełniać swoje marzenia i pójść ścieżką przedsiębiorcy. Mając swoją firmę trzeba się przygotować na to, że będzie się w niej fizycznie lub chociażby myślami, 24/7. Nasz gość, gdy pracował u innych, czuł, że to nie jest jego miejsce. Gdy podjął wyzwanie i został przedsiębiorcą wiedział, że to jest to co chce robić. Gdy rozmawia z ludźmi w korporacjach, którzy dzielą się z nim potrzebą lub marzeniem pójścia “na swoje” pierwsze o czym myśli to że to nie jest takie proste. Przedsiębiorcy to wariaci - w dobrym tego słowa znaczeniu. Tomasz jak najbardziej identyfikuje się z tym określeniem. Przygodę z byciem przedsiębiorcą zaczął od inwestycji w startup swoich kolegów. Następnie dołączył do funduszu Inovo. Zrozumiał, że skoro przez ponad 6 lat pracował w funduszach to może być przedsiębiorcą, który prowadzi fundusz. Po dołączeniu do Inovo zaczął od przebudowy zespołu pod przedsiębiorców. Mocną stroną funduszu było znajdowanie spółek i tworzenie wartości. Zrozumieli potrzebę procesu fundraisingowego. Obecną rola Tomasza jest właśnie odpowiedzialność za zbieranie pieniędzy. Dla Inovo Venture Partners angażuje się w znajdywanie odpowiednich osób. Przy takich działaniach, oprócz odpowiedniego podejścia liczy się też portfolio - a to, które posiada Inovo Venture Partners robi wrażenie. Dla Tomasz najważniejsze w tym wszystkim nie są wcale pieniądze. Dla niego istotniejsza jest przyjemność, którą czerpie z tego co robi. Czuje, że jest w tym dobry. Ważne są też relacje, które się nawiązuje - a nie jest to łatwy proces. Bycie przedsiębiorcą to niezwykła przygoda. Gdy nasz gość myśli o wyjątkowych inwestorach to wspomina Rafała Brzoskę (InPost). Rafał jest takim inwestorem, który dużo przeszedł, miał wzloty i upadki, doskonale rozumie proces tworzenia firmy. Jest wspierający i zaangażowany. Obecnie Tomasz dąży do tego aby Inovo było dużym sukcesem. Miarą tego będzie tworzenie firm, które staną się duże - rozpoznawalne globalnie. Gdy myśli o przyszłości to chciałby dalej robić to co robi. Jest szczęśliwy w tym co jest obecnie. Książki polecana przez Tomasza:The Phoenix Project - Kim Gene - https://amzn.to/31HwraU Getting to Plan B - John W. Mullins, Randy Komisar - https://amzn.to/31zK4sq Pamiętajcie aby subskrybować nasz kanał na YouTube, iTunes, Spotify lub wszędzie tam gdzie słuchacie podcastów. Co czwartek wywiady z przedsiębiorcami. I nie tylko!Więcej ciekawych historii i rozmów z wyjątkowymi gośćmi znajdziecie na naszej stronie: https://zaprojektujswojezycie.plFacebook: https://m.facebook.com/zaprojektujswojezycie/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zaprojektujswojezycie.pl/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/audycja-zsz/Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2VYPLgciTunes: https://apple.co/2VXB25k

Paul Martino and Randy Komisar discuss why Bill didn’t give opinions but did reduce situations to language a fourth grader could understand. They also cover the challenge of managing engineers, the ordinariness of firing your friends in Silicon Valley, and the time Randy became a CFO without knowing how to use Excel.

Donna Dubinsky, ex-Apple executive and CEO of Numenta, joins Paul Martino and Randy Komisar again to discuss how Bill ran the board of Columbia University, why he escaped from an Apple cruise on a helicopter, and the time he agreed to stop swearing. Donna offers her take on who taught Bill.

Paul Martino and Randy Komisar reconnect with PayNearMe CEO Danny Shader and chat about why a thousand people in one room all thought they were Bill’s best friend. They discuss how Bill would listen by talking to you and how he always found a way to relate to someone, even if they were completely different from him.

Paul Martino and Randy Komisar revisit their conversation with Eureka CEO Dave Jakubowski to discuss the impact of like hiring like and how Bill anticipated a soulless Silicon Valley decades before everyone else. They emphasize Bill’s advice to think ahead and the problem with not seeing the forest for the trees.

In this episode, Christopher Lochhead talks about the idea of “faking it till you make it.” He poses a real question about what to do when you finally “make it.” This episode is inspired by Silicon Valley coach Bill Campbell’s quote, “next time you’re in the endzone, act like you’ve been there before.” Bill Campbell’s Wise Words On Episode 072, Randy Komisar of Kleiner Perkins joined Lochhead to celebrate the life and lessons of legendary Silicon Valley coach, late Bill Campbell. Guest Randy Komisar, along with colleague Paul Martino of Bullpen Capital, came together to capture Bill in a podcast, called No Bull Podcast. Bill was the coach to Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and countless Silicon Valley legends.             Randy shared a story about Bill, back when he was coaching a football team. There was a time when the team hit a touch down and went mental to celebrate the small victory. According to Randy, Bill did not approve of this and gave the team his wise words: “Hey guys, next time you’re in the endzone, act like you’ve been there before.”  Don't Do The Victory Noise Even Lochhead is guilty of celebrating small wins. He recounts a story about surfing as he gets all too excited when he encounters a good wave, often called as “claiming the wave.” His buddy corrected him and told him the message that he sends out to other surfers is that it was “just one” of his best waves. He reminded Lochhead to have the mentality that all of his waves are the best ones. “You wanna act like you’ve been here before. You wanna act like all your waves are like that” - Christopher Lochhead’s friend, when he does his victory noise Fake it till you make it Lochhead candidly shares that he had “faked it till he made it” a number of times in his life. However, Lochhead poses the question, what will you do when you finally make it? “Act like you’ve been there before, act like it’s something that happens all the time.” - Christopher Lochhead Further, Lochhead reminds that when we're pushing ourselves to the next level, we have to act in our own minds and in our behavior. We have to always think that we are the “Whoah-Man or Whoah-Woman.” It's always nice to celebrate wins, but ideally, it is best to do it privately. “You have to prepare yourselves so you’ll have the least amount of faking as possible and when in you're in the situation and something happens, just roll it.” - Christopher Lochhead To hear more about how to act next time you’re in the endzone and more relevant information from Lochhead, download and listen to the episode. Bio: Christopher Lochhead  Links: 072 Why Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos & many others turned to “The Coach” Bill Campbell  We hope you enjoyed this episode of Follow Your Different™! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on iTunes!

Randy Komisar chats with Bill’s stepdaughter, Kate “Katie-Kate” Bocci, about the personal side of Bill: his love, grit and dedication to his family and friends. They discuss his family-only wedding in Montana, his upbringing in Homestead, PA, and non-negotiable Sunday night family dinners. She hopes she didn’t f*ck it up, Billy-Bill.

Paul Martino and Randy Komisar chat with Silicon Valley Advisor David Kinser about why the National Football Foundation’s William V. Campbell Trophy was more important to Bill than his work at Apple, Google or Intuit combined. They discuss how loyalty was a make-or-break in Bill’s tribe, and why David’s children still look up to Bill to this day.

As the founder of EOS Worldwide, Gino Wickman is nothing less than an entrepreneurial icon. This week on the donothing podcast, I’m elated to chat with Gino as we dive into everything entrepreneurship, including Gino's newest mission—helping aspiring entrepreneurs discover what it really takes to succeed.   An entrepreneur since the age of 21, Gino has had an obsession for learning what makes organizations and entrepreneurs thrive. At 25, he took over the struggling family business. After turning the company around and running it for seven years, he and his partners successfully sold the company.   Then, he set his sights on helping other small businesses—including my own, imageOne—discover strategies to grow and succeed. The result was the Entrepreneurial Operating System, or EOS, a practical method for helping companies achieve greatness.   Today, EOS Worldwide helps thousands of businesses implement their system with an international team of over 250 professional and certified EOS Implementers and online support. There are more than 60,000 companies using EOS tools worldwide.   Gino has personally delivered more than 1,800 full-day sessions for more than 130 companies. He is also the author of the award-winning, best-selling book Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business, as well as Get a Grip, Rocket Fuel, How to Be a Great Boss and What the Heck is EOS?.    Gino now devotes his time and energy toward helping entrepreneurs-in-the-making get a huge jump-start on taking their entrepreneurial leap and becoming entrepreneurs.   In this episode of the donothing podcast, you’ll learn: Why Gino decided to skip college How foregoing college altered Gino’s future What Gino had to accomplish before his father let him join the family business How Gino turned his family’s struggling company around Why mentorship was an integral part of Gino’s business success How Gino became a millionaire by age 31—then lost it all by age 32 Why Gino always takes notes on a yellow legal pad Which authors significantly influenced Gino’s life How Gino developed EOS and why he knew it'd work Which six components make up the EOS model What other strategies and tools are integral to EOS  Why EOS’ holistic approach makes all the difference What made Gino decide to sell his ownership of EOS Whether Gino thinks everyone should be an entrepreneur What the significance of Confirm, Glimpse and Path is Why Gino feels devoted to up-and-coming entrepreneurs What Gino hopes to achieve with his upcoming book, Leap How Leap can help new entrepreneurs avoid common business mistakes What traits all entrepreneurs should possess to be successful Why passion should always be what drives aspiring entrepreneurs Learn More About Gino’s Upcoming Book, Leap: Do You Have What It Takes to Become an Entrepreneur? 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Also, be sure to take the quiz and explore other entrepreneurial resources at https://e-leap.com.   Website: https://e-leap.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/readLeap Instagram: https://instagram.com/readLeap LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/readleap Preorder: https://amzn.to/2FzThbT   Connect With EOSWebsite: https://www.eosworldwide.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eosworldwide/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/EOSWorldwide LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/eos-worldwide-llc/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/EOSWorldwide   Gino’s Recommended Reading The Monk and the Riddle, by Randy Komisar https://amzn.to/2xe4aLK   The Strangest Secret, by Earl Nightengale https://amzn.to/2ISl4GB   Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill https://amzn.to/2KDI0eI   Buy Gino Wickman’s Books Online Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business, by Gino Wickman https://amzn.to/2xcsRbo   What the Heck Is EOS?, by Gino Wickman and Tom Bouwerhttps://amzn.to/2xcBLWx   Rocket Fuel: The One Essential Combination That Will Get You More of What You Want from Your Business, by Gino Wickman and Mark C. Wintershttps://amzn.to/2Ybp8H6 How to Be a Great Boss, by Gino Wickman and René Boerhttps://amzn.to/2WZSsid   Get a Grip: How to Get Everything You Want from Your Entrepreneurial Business, by Gino Wickman and Mike Paton https://amzn.to/31XvXOw   Don’t Miss the 2020 donothing Leadership Retreat Early Registration Discount! The dates are set for next year’s silent retreat at the Shambhala Mountain Center in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado. Join me and other leaders from April 19-23, 2020 as we dive into the biggest leadership challenge our lives—doing nothing. Learn more about the donothing Leadership Retreat at https://www.donothingbook.com/retreat.   donothing Audio Podcast Subscribe to the donothing podcast to discover simple, practical tips and tools from mindful, high-performing leaders that you can implement in your leadership philosophy today.    https://www.donothingbook.com/podcast    Follow Rob Dube on Social Media LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robdube Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rob.dube.1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/robddube   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robddube   Rob Dube’s Website https://www.donothingbook.com     Buy the donothing book (now available as an audiobook, too!) https://www.amazon.com/donothing-rewarding-leadership-challenge-youll/dp/1544510020 

Randy Komisar of Kleiner Perkins joins us today to celebrate the life and lessons of legendary Silicon Valley coach, late Bill Campbell. Guest Randy Komisar, along with colleague Paul Martino of Bullpen Capital, came together to capture Bill in a podcast. Bill was the coach to Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and countless Silicon Valley legends.  Depicting The Real Bill Bill was featured in a book called Trillion Dollar Coach, prior to the release of Randy and Paul's podcast. The content of the book were flattering, but the title was so off-putting. It sets the wrong tone for understanding what BIll is all about.  “Bill wasn’t a guy with a big theory. He’s not that guy who has rules like ‘10 rules to be successful.’ He was somebody who connected incredibly well with who you were and what you need and was able to get you there.” - Randy Komisar  Bill was associated with a trillion dollars worth of value creation. He was not a highfalutin guy who would’ve wanted to be in the cover of a book. They were able to capture the real Bill, more than what the book portrayed him to be, through this podcast. Paying it Forward Randy and Paul had the opportunity to learn and share their respect and admiration for Bill and they want to pay it forward, through the production of their podcast. They wish that the entrepreneurs for the generations to come would be able to do the same. Entrepreneurs could get a lot of inspiration from Bill. Randy even cited that if it was not for Bill, he would have quit business a long time ago.  “Bill made business interesting for me and many people because he made it about people, not money.” - Randy Komisar Learnings From The Late Bill Campbell One important point from this discussion was the difference in doing what is right versus what is smart.  Bill believes smart people are great at rationalizing. Most of these people, though, still tend to overthink a problem and justify doing the wrong things.  “The right thing and the smart thing aren't necessarily the same. The right thing is worth doing, but the smart thing needs a lot of consideration. It may be smart because it allows you to do the wrong.” - Randy Komisar  This conversation with Randy Komisar is jam-packed with Bill Campbell’s wisdom in entrepreneurship, people management, Silicon Valley legacy. To hear more about Why Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos & many others turned to “The Coach” Bill Campbell and more relevant information from Randy, download and listen to the episode. BIO: Bill Campbell Links: No Bull Podcast Randy Komisar Paul Martino Straight Talk for Startups - Book The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living - Book Executives Launch Podcast To Pass On Lessons From Bill Campbell, Coach To Silicon Valley Stars Executives Launch Podcast To Pass On Lessons From Bill Campbell, Coach To Silicon Valley Stars We hope you enjoyed this episode of Follow Your Different™! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on iTunes!

Paul Martino and Randy Komisar chat with PayNearMe CEO Danny Shader, the student who Bill Campbell talked about the most. They focus on the bona fide definition of culture in the work place and why integrity means nonstop respect for your team.

Paul Martino and Randy Komisar are joined by Ben Horowitz of Andreessen Horowitz to discuss why Bill talking out of both sides of his mouth was actually a good thing and how he could also understand both sides of a deal.

Paul Martino and Randy Komisar are joined by ex-Apple executive Donna Dubinsky, the student who Bill Campbell spoke most highly of in all his years of coaching. They discuss how Bill found unusual talent and fostered diversity of opinion on his teams. Donna shares how she and Bill handled Steve Jobs’ attempt to mess up Apple logistics, and Randy gets in trouble with Bill for giving Donna a crappy office.

Paul Martino and Randy Komisar are joined by Facebook’s Dave Jakubowski. Paul talks about why he fired himself from Aggregate Knowledge and hired Dave to replace him. The group discusses why “blue collar” was Bill’s highest compliment for anyone.

Paul Martino and Randy Komisar recall Bill Campbell’s concerns about wage slaves, speculators, MBAs, and the decline of true entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley. Randy reveals some material from Bill’s earlier career: coaching college football.

Here’s a sneak peak of No Bull, a podcast created by Bullpen Capital that distills the wisdom of our friend, and Silicon Valley’s coach, Bill Campbell.

Paul Martino and Randy Komisar kick off the podcast by revisiting what it was like to be part of Bill Campbell’s tribe of mentees. Find out why Bill yanked Randy into a dark conference room and didn’t turn the lights on.

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Paul Jarrett is co-founder/CEO of Bulu and a former Inside Outside podcast co-host. Bulu creates private label subscription box programs for large companies like Disney, GNC, Lululemon, and Crayola. In this episode, Brian Ardinger and Paul discuss new trends in big brand marketing, including getting in front of specific customer segments in new ways. Paul believes that in this changing marketplace, big companies are willing to collaborate and “horse trade,” but are also focusing on key metrics like customer acquisition costs. Key highlights include: Tell us about Bulu 1. Bulu is now at 250 FTE and managing revenue of over $50 million. Challenge is finding the right people to help scale.  2. Companies that want a physical interaction with customers are using subscription boxes.  Key factors when working with large brands 1. People managing the project have to get stuff done, transcend the business, and get along. Bulu won’t work with companies that don’t provide that.  2. Companies need entrepreneurs to understand working with startups. Non-entrepreneurs don’t see beyond the box, to see things like revenue and margin flexibility. 3. Companies need to invest in the relationship with a startup for the future. When to walk away 1. Unhealthy focus on driving the price down.  2. When a person starts saying “we” or “us,” Paul feels they’re on the same team. He’s not interested in a big company serving as the “coach” of the project. How to get in front of big brands 1. Pick up the phone. Call every week. 2. Social media - Friend and Follow key people everywhere.  3. Innovation should be in the corporate person’s title. For More Info To find out more about Paul Jarrett or Bulu, connect at pauljarrett.com or tweet him @Pauljarrett.  See Paul and Stephanie Jarrett on PBS's show Startup - Season 6, Ep 8   If you like this topic, you might also be interested in Ep 114 - Canva’s Cameron Adams on Democratization of Design; Ep 105 - Randy Komisar with Kleiner Perkins and Straight Talk for Startups Author; and Ep 96 - Chris Shipley - Author, Advisor, Innovation Advocate at 2017 I/O Innovation Summit. Free Innovation Newsletter Get the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. SUBSCRIBE HERE For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Paul Jarrett is co-founder/CEO of Bulu and a former Inside Outside podcast co-host. Bulu creates private label subscription box programs for large companies like Disney, GNC, Lululemon, and Crayola. In this episode, Brian Ardinger and Paul discuss new trends in big brand marketing, including getting in front of specific customer segments in new ways. Paul believes that in this changing marketplace, big companies are willing to collaborate and “horse trade,” but are also focusing on key metrics like customer acquisition costs. Key highlights include: Tell us about Bulu 1. Bulu is now at 250 FTE and managing revenue of over $50 million. Challenge is finding the right people to help scale.  2. Companies that want a physical interaction with customers are using subscription boxes.  Key factors when working with large brands 1. People managing the project have to get stuff done, transcend the business, and get along. Bulu won’t work with companies that don’t provide that.  2. Companies need entrepreneurs to understand working with startups. Non-entrepreneurs don’t see beyond the box, to see things like revenue and margin flexibility. 3. Companies need to invest in the relationship with a startup for the future. When to walk away 1. Unhealthy focus on driving the price down.  2. When a person starts saying “we” or “us,” Paul feels they’re on the same team. He’s not interested in a big company serving as the “coach” of the project. How to get in front of big brands 1. Pick up the phone. Call every week. 2. Social media - Friend and Follow key people everywhere.  3. Innovation should be in the corporate person’s title. For More Info To find out more about Paul Jarrett or Bulu, connect at pauljarrett.com or tweet him @Pauljarrett.  See Paul and Stephanie Jarrett on PBS's show Startup - Season 6, Ep 8   If you like this topic, you might also be interested in Ep 114 - Canva’s Cameron Adams on Democratization of Design; Ep 105 - Randy Komisar with Kleiner Perkins and Straight Talk for Startups Author; and Ep 96 - Chris Shipley - Author, Advisor, Innovation Advocate at 2017 I/O Innovation Summit. Free Innovation Newsletter Get the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. SUBSCRIBE HERE For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

For episode #8 of “On The Edge with Jim Roddy,” our book club returns to review one of their recommended reads. Point of sale industry leaders Sean Buckley of Vend, Abby Sorensen of The Business Solutions Network, and Jeremy Julian of CBS NorthStar discuss lessons learned from Getting To Plan B by John Mullins and Randy Komisar. … Continue reading #36 (ISV, VAR, Dev, SMB): On The Edge with Jim Roddy – On The Edge Book Club – Getting To Plan B

For episode #8 of “On The Edge with Jim Roddy,” our book club returns to review one of their recommended reads. Point of sale industry leaders Sean Buckley of Vend, Abby Sorensen of The Business Solutions Network, and Jeremy Julian of CBS NorthStar discuss lessons learned from Getting To Plan B by John Mullins and Randy Komisar. … Continue reading #36 (ISV, VAR, Dev, SMB): On The Edge with Jim Roddy – On The Edge Book Club – Getting To Plan B

Randy Komisar joined Kleiner Perkins in 2005 to focus on early stage ventures. He was a co-founder of Claris Corp., served as CEO for LucasArts Entertainment and Crystal Dynamics, and acted as a “Virtual CEO” for such companies as TiVo, WebTV and GlobalGiving. He was the lead investor in Nest and RPX, among many others. He serves on the Roadtrip Nation advisory board and Orrick's Women's Leadership Board. He is the author of the best-seller, The Monk and the Riddle, and co-author of the critically acclaimed Straight Talk for Startups, Getting to Plan B and I F**king Love that Company. Randy holds a B.A. degree in economics from Brown University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. “Know why you're doing what you're doing and feel a sense of commitment to that that goes beyond the bottom line, have a real north star around the value you're creating and who you're creating it for and believe strongly in the importance of your mission, so strongly that you are willing to confront the vagaries' of success and failure along the way without losing your path” …[Listen for More] Click Here for Show Notes To Listen or to Get the Show Notes go to https://wp.me/p6Tf4b-6Ap

Randy Komisar is a venture capitalist with Kleiner Perkins, and entrepreneur and author of Straight Talk for Startups. Resources: * kpcb.com – Website * Buy his book, Straight Talk for Startups Sponsored by: * LEADx.org – subscribe to become 1% better every single day Subscribe on iTunes to join our VIP Club: Please click here to subscribe on iTunes, and leave a quick rating. Nothing matters more for bringing the podcast to the attention of others. After you subscribe and leave a review, send an email to info at leadx dot org to let us know, and we'll invite you into the private LEADx VIP Group on Facebook. Group members are eligible for ridiculously good prizes each month, have special access to me and LEADx guests, discounts on live events, and of course it's a great forum for peer-learning and support. Share: And, by all means, if you know someone you think would benefit, please spread the word by using the share buttons below. — What is LEADx and The LEADx Show with Kevin Kruse? Imagine if you could have the world's best executive coaches and leadership mentors whispering into your ear every morning on your way to work. Every weekday, there will be a new episode of The LEADx Leadership Show with an interview from a different thought leadership or business expert. Many of these guests are thought leaders, famous authors or high-profile CEOs from innovative startup companies. Others are creatives, artists, entrepreneurs or corporate career leaders. They have all achieved extreme success and they are willing to share practical advice on how to advance your career and develop your leadership and management skills by offering daily career tips on time management, productivity, marketing, personal branding, communication, sales, leadership, team building, talent management and other personal development and career development topics. There will be a new episode waiting for you every day just in time for your morning commute, morning treadmill session or whatever else it is you do to start your day. LEADx isn't just the name of this new podcast, it's the name of a digital media and online learning company that is re-imagining professional development for millennials and career driven professionals looking to break into manager roles or excel in current leadership and management roles. If you're looking for management training or professional development that is delivered in a fun and engaging way, sign up for our daily newsletter at LEADx.org. It's packed with life hacks, daily career tips and leadership challenges that will turn you into a high potential leader in no time. What does LEADx stand for? We are exploring leadership. We are about NEXT GENERATION leadership. We believe that professional training and workplace education has not kept up with advances in digital media. Today's emerging leaders and management professionals just don't find 5 day workshops or eLearning modules to be very compelling. Today's talent is mobile and social. LEADx wants to help those that want to make an impact. Leadership is not a choice. You don't need a title to lead. You're a leader whether you want to be or not. Leadership is about influence. We want to help those who want to be great leaders. Great leaders at work, at home and in the neighborhood. We want to help others who just want more from life and who want to achieve their full potential. We hope you join us on this journey! Sign up at LEADx.org.

Randy Komisar, Veteran Venture Capitalist, joins host Doug Collom to discuss tips and tricks from his book "Straight Talk for Startups: 100 Insider Rules for Beating the Odds-From Mastering the Fundamentals to Selecting Investors, Fundraising, Managing Boards, and Achieving Liquidity" on Bay Area Ventures. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Straight Talk for Startups: 100 Insider Rules Randy Komisar is author of "Straight Talk for Startups: 100 Insider Rules for Beating the Odds--From Mastering the Fundamentals to Selecting Investors, Fundraising, Managing Boards, and Achieving Liquidity." He is also an entrepreneur and partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, a Silicon Valley Venture Capital firm. In this episode, Randy and Brian Ardinger discuss why experience is so valuable now and why startups can stop worrying about scaling. For more background see https://www.kleinerperkins.com/people/randy-komisaror grab his book on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/2PiYqIf If you are interested in more insider rules for startups, check out Brian's interview with Jason Calacanis at https://insideoutside.io/podcast/ep-65-jason-calacanis-angel-investor-and-author-of-angel/   GET THE LATEST RESOURCES Get the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. SUBSCRIBE HERE For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Great book, Straight Talk For Startups, co-authored by Randy Komisar, a venture capitalist with decades of experience with startups and Jantoon Reigersman, a seasoned financial operator with extensive experience in startups and growth companies. Learn from two of the best teachers on the Business Builders Show with Marty Wolff, which is distributed by www.c-suiteradio.comI loved the CLEAR focus and PRACTICAL advice delivered in an easy to read format. Subtitle of the book is 100 Insider Rules for Beating The Odds - From Mastering the Fundamentals to Selecting Investors, Fundraising, Managing Brands, and Achieving Liquidity. Please check out all our Business Builders Shows and many other great podcasts at www.c-suiteradio.comIf you want to learn more about how we can help you grow your business, check out www.martywolffbusinesssolutions.com. OR, if you are ready to exit your business, check out www.contractorsuccession.comLet me know what you think of this interview and the book - reach me at 570 815 1626.Thanks for listening.Marty Wolff See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mike Belsito is the Co-Founder of Product Collective which is a community for product people. In addition to co-founding and developing this community, he also co-founded and organized INDUSTRY: The Product Conference, where product managers with world-class products gather together to share their insights and learn so they can build, launch, and scale their creations.   Quotes To Remember: “How can you position yourself differently?” “If you have a good attendee experience, then the other things tend to follow.” “How are people going to find out about you?” “You do the things that don’t scale, and figure out what works so you can scale them up later on.” “Don’t be discouraged if your first event isn’t profitable.”   What You’ll Learn: Why it’s important to follow people in your field, and learn from them Learn to market your event to find the right attendees How to find your ideal audience, and how to reach out to them Why “cold calling” individual potential customers is still valuable How to keep review and improve on your events, by noting things that you’d like to change   Key Links From The Show: productcollective.com Mike's Email industryconference.com Mike’s Twitter   Recommended Books: Rework by Jason Fried Content Inc by Joe Pulizzi The Monk and The Riddle by Randy Komisar

Randy Komisar is a Venture Capitalist out of Silicon Valley, at Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, right there on Sandhill road. The heart and soul of tech investing. He is the former CEO of LucasArts Entertainment and Crystal Dynamics, and acted as “virtual CEO” for WebTV and GlobalGiving. He served as CFO of GO Corp. and […] The post ML38 – Passion Pulls, Integrating Who We Are with What We Care About with Venture Capitalist Randy Komisar appeared first on Jake A Carlson.

Start-up fundraising is hard, unpredictable, and often very difficult to navigate. To shed some light on best practices for successful startup fundraising, Aviv Gilboa sat down with his partners Eric Feng and Randy Komisar to ask and answer the most frequently asked questions entrepreneurs have about fundraising today.

This week on the Ventured podcast, Randy Komisar sat down with Tony Fadell, father of the iPod and co-founder of Nest. Tony recently announced he was leaving Nest and Alphabet to pursue other opportunities. Before letting Tony off the hook to focus on the future, Randy wanted him to sit down and share the insights he gained from his work at General Magic, Apple, Nest, and Alphabet. He didn’t disappoint.

Ryan Coon is the founder of Rentalutions and a former investment banker. Rentalutions provides all-in-one landlord management software. Whether you manage one unit or multiple buildings, Rentalutions gives you the ability to receive electronic rent payments, manage leases, find the right tenants, and deal with maintenance issues. Listen on itunes listen on stitcher In this episode we cover:     Making the transition from investment banking to entrepreneurship     Starting a company for the right reasons     How the Chicago tech scene has changed     Finding your first customers Ryan’s Favorite Book: The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a Living by Randy Komisar

John Mullins author of two business best-sellers targeted at entrepreneurs and business angels: thedefinitive book on assessing entrepreneurial opportunities The New Business Road Test, and with Randy Komisar,the widely acclaimed Getting to Plan B. He is a two-time entrepreneur and an Associate Professor of Management Practice at London Business School. His latest book, The Customer-Funded Business: Start, Finance, or Grow Your Company with Your Customers' Cash Julian Nott founder of the modern ballooning movement and one of its most creative and innovative experts. His epic balloon flights have broken 79 World Ballooning Records, and 96 British Records. In 2014 he designed the balloon system which launched a sky diver from 136,000 feet, setting the new world record for the highest ever jump. He understands personal challenges and disappointments having had several failed attempts at the first around-the-world balloon flight. He recognizes what his own struggles have taught. Julian designed and piloted the first ever hot air balloon with a pressurized cabin. He was the first to pilot a balloon across the Sahara Desert, the first to cross Australia, and he flew the first solar balloon across the English Channel. Nott also designed, built, and piloted the Nazca Prehistoric Balloon, using only methods and materials available to the Pre-Inca Peruvians a thousand years ago Deborah Norville is the Anchor of Inside Edition, the country's top-rated syndicated newsmagazine, seen by 4.69 million daily. She's also a best-selling and prolific author -- her book Thank You Power was a New York Times best-seller. A lifelong crafter and seamstress, Norville is behind the Deborah Norville Yarn Collection, a line of high-quality yarn for knit and crochet enthusiasts

In this episode, I interview front-end developer Daniel Kao. Daniel has been running his site, Diplateevo.com, since his freshman year in high school. Daniel is a brilliant individual, and happens to be only 20 years old. He has already had a chance to meet some of his heroes, like Chase Jarvis, Ramit Sethi, Peter Thiel, Randy Komisar, and more. This past year, Daniel did something that took a lot of self control: He cut sugar for a whole year. In our interview Daniel tells me why he made this choice. Finally, Daniel is moving into a complicated field (grant writing) that he has no experience or training in. In the interview, we discuss why this can actually be a great idea for your career. If you are enjoying the show, please consider buying me some tea: http://www.developertea.com/buy-me-tea

Randy Komisar, Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, discusses entrepreneurship and innovation in Silicon Valley. (April 7, 2010)

How do we create an efficient capital market for philanthropy? What are the best ways to marry program evaluation with powerful dynamics among online giving places? What role should public policy take in all this? In this free-ranging audio lecture, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Randy Komisar offers a venture capitalist's perspective on these questions and more. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/randy_komisar_-_online_capital_markets_for_philanthropy

Download the MP3. It’s not easy to stand out at Kleiner Perkins, one of the most prestigious venture capital shops in Silicon Valley that counts Google in its portfolio. Though Randy Komisar joined the firm just this year, it’s clear he’s not a typical venture capitalist. He once was a lawyer, but openly admits to hating being a lawyer and has been running from the law (well, from the practice of law) for most of his career. He’s played top roles at Claris Corporation, LucasArts Entertainment and TiVo. Now he’s ready to build a legacy at Kleiner Perkins. Show notes:

It’s not easy to stand out at Kleiner Perkins, one of the most prestigious venture capital shops in Silicon Valley that counts Google in its portfolio. Though Randy Komisar joined the firm just this year, it’s clear he’s not a typical venture capitalist.…