Goldman Sachs held its “Private Internet Company Conference” this week in Las Vegas. A bunch of companies presented their business models to an audience of bankers, investors, and peers. Marc Andreessen, Keith Rabois, and Ron Conway were present at the event. This event functions as a foresighted form of lead generation. These are the 30 [...]
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Horowitz tells you what it’s like at a startup
Ben Horowitz is the co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and has invested in Twitter, Skype, and Facebook. In a 2009 talk, he said what it’s like to start a tech company. He also discusses what it was like during the dot-com bubble and eventual burst, blaming it on technology not being quite there [...]
Former Twitter Engineering VP joins KPCB
Last October, former Twitter VP of engineering, Mike Abbot, left the company to be an entrepreneur in residence at Benchmark Capital. However, it seems that position only lasted a month, as KPCB just announced that Abbot has joined the firm as a partner on its digital team. Abbott has a deep background in social and [...]
Gerardo Villoslado
Gerardo Villoslado holds a Master's degree from the London School of Economics and is currently completing an MBA at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a former senior economist at both CEMEX and BBVA.
