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  4. About Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

    Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) is a Sand Hill Road venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. The name comes from the four senior partners: Eugene Kleiner (emeritus), Tom Perkins (emeritus), Frank J. Caufield (emeritus), John Doerr, and Brook Byers.

    The firm was formed in 1972. At that point, the founders of most venture capital (VC) firms had financial backgrounds. Kleiner Perkins's founders were distinguished by their industry experience -- Kleiner as a founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Perkins as one of the leaders of Hewlett-Packard's early computer division.

    Like other venture capital firms, the firm does not discourage transactions among companies in which it holds a stake.date=November 2007 This is similar to the Japanese keiretsu style of company structure.date=November 2007

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    2. Things To Consider Before Saying “I Do” To Investors

      Explore TechCrunch (Apr 8 2012) Funding

      ...stor match could derail a startup. “It’s like a marriage and it might even last longer.” That’s how Kleiner Perkins partner Chi-Hua Chien descri The right investor, the kind who can help startups get over the inevit... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   AOL   Andreessen Horowitz   Sequoia Capital

    3. Uncertainty: Every Entrepreneur Feels It; Here’s How To Deal

      Explore mixergy.com (Oct 13 2011)

      Uncertainty: Every Entrepreneur Feels It; Here’s How To Deal ...le as a professor of entrepreneurship at Stanford. And now in his current reincarnation, he’s VC at Kleiner Perkins, essentially doing a lot of the same stuff. But had he stayed with that first lineal path. Had he s... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Jason Calacanis   Manhattan   Harvard

    4. Entrepreneurs: What To Do If You Don't Have An Idea

      Explore On Startups by Dharmesh Shah (Jul 6 2011) Funding

      ...quoia Capital, Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group, Spark Capital, Benchmark, First Round Capital, Kleiner Perkins, etc.  And, of course, HubSpot (Dharmesh's startup) has raised over $50 million from top-tier VCs a... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Sequoia Capital   Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers   Dharmesh Shah

    5. Launching Tech Ventures: Part IV, Readings

      Explore Platforms and Networks (Apr 10 2011)

      ...of product-market fit.Getting to Plan B by John Mullins (London Business School) and Randy Komisar (Kleiner Perkins) explains why and how entrepreneurs should pivot.Running Lean, by entrepreneur Ash Maurya, summariz... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Jessica Livingston   John Mullins   London Business School

    6. How Line2′s Founder Recovered From A Big Setback And Launched A String Of Hits – with Peter Sisson

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      How Line2′s Founder Recovered From A Big Setback And Launched A String Of Hits – with Peter Sisson ...n’t get me wrong. It was basically locking up legal distribution online. It was a business plan and Kleiner Perkins and Amazon, combined, put in $46 million. Andrew: How did you feel when you got the $46 million? Yo... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Kleiner   Jeff Bezos   Oracle

    7. The Relentless Visionary Behind Match.com, Sex.com, Clean Power Finance And More – with Gary Kremen

      Explore mixergy.com (Aug 6 2010)

      The Relentless Visionary Behind Match.com, Sex.com, Clean Power Finance And More – with Gary Kremen ...rted Match, I had a bunch of venture guys really interested in the deal, including this firm called Kleiner Perkins which is a really good firm and another one called Institutional Venture Partners. They said, “Gary... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   America   Larry Ellison   San Francisco

    8. How To Beat the Odds and Succeed Like Google

      Explore Startup Professionals Musings (Jun 23 2010)

      How To Beat the Odds and Succeed Like Google ...re able to get money from the likes of Andy Bechtolsheim (founded Sun Microsystems) and John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins). They convinced Eric Schmidt (CEO at Novell) to take the reins with them for growth, and now have ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Sun Microsystems   Eric Schmidt   Andy Bechtolsheim

    9. How to Start a Startup

      Explore Paul Graham (May 21 2010)

      ...h money chasing too few good deals. VCs form a pyramid. At the top are famous ones like Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins, but beneath those are a huge number you've never heard of. What they all have in common is that a ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Henry Ford   Jeff Bezos   Lycos

    10. Ron Conway Explained

      Explore ben's blog (Apr 7 2010)

      ...impossible, so you want all the help you can get. Tellme’s VCs (The Barksdale Group, Benchmark and Kleiner Perkins) were also extremely helpful, and I don’t think Tellme could have succeeded without them, including... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Reid Hoffman   Hollywood   Andreessen Horowitz

    11. Angels vs. Venture Capitalists

      Explore ben's blog (Mar 1 2010) Funding

      ...ey are built now. In the early days of technology venture capital, great firms like Arthur Rock and Kleiner Perkins funded companies like Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and Tandem. In those days, building the i... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Andreessen Horowitz   DEC   Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

    12. Distinguished Ventures - John Doerr (kpcb)

      Explore Entrepreneurship Corner (Feb 2 2005)

      John Doerr, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, talks about what distinguishes successful companies from all others. The two main factors are pass... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Symantec   Missouri   Macromedia

    13. Disruptive Technologies - John Doerr (kpcb)

      Explore Entrepreneurship Corner (Feb 2 2005)

      ...ng and management assignments, and was one of their top-ranked sales executives. In 1980, he joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and sponsored a series of investments including Compaq, Cypress, Intuit, Macromedia, Netscape, Lotu... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Symantec   Missouri   Macromedia

    14. How to Negotiate Valuations - John Doerr (kpcb)

      Explore Entrepreneurship Corner (Feb 2 2005)

      ...ng and management assignments, and was one of their top-ranked sales executives. In 1980, he joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and sponsored a series of investments including Compaq, Cypress, Intuit, Macromedia, Netscape, Lotu... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Symantec   Missouri   Macromedia

    15. Career Advice - John Doerr (kpcb)

      Explore Entrepreneurship Corner (Feb 2 2005)

      ...ng and management assignments, and was one of their top-ranked sales executives. In 1980, he joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and sponsored a series of investments including Compaq, Cypress, Intuit, Macromedia, Netscape, Lotu... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Symantec   Missouri   Macromedia

    16. Helping Teams Work Together - John Doerr (kpcb)

      Explore Entrepreneurship Corner (Feb 2 2005)

      ...ng and management assignments, and was one of their top-ranked sales executives. In 1980, he joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and sponsored a series of investments including Compaq, Cypress, Intuit, Macromedia, Netscape, Lotu... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Symantec   Missouri   Macromedia

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