My Books
How To Be A VC
(No.1 New Release in Amazon Venture Capital Category)
If you are young and want to explore investment in technology? If you are just someone wanting to be the boss of your industry? This book will guide your way. The book featured exclusive stories with some of the top venture capitalists. They were featured on the Forbes Midas List. The investors invested in companies like Facebook, Twitter, Apple, Snapchat, Salesforce, Linkedin, eBay, Twitch and many other iconic companies. This book is a collection on how investors get into investing.
The Last Key To Success
This book is a short guide for people in their 20’s trying to create a company in America. It includes 21 successful founders. In it, each founder covers about 2 out of the 13 topics below to share their opinions and personal experiences from when they started their own business.
Successful VCs
(No.1 New Release in Amazon Venture Capital Category)
Dick Kramlich
Dick Kramlich
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Mike Maples
Mike Maples
Mike Maples, Jr., Co-founder of Floodgate. Floodgate has a portfolio including Twitter, Lyft, Chegg, Twitch, Weebly, and Xamarin. Mike went to Stanford University for his undergraduate degree. He worked at SGI and he got his MBA at Harvard University. Afterward he joined the startup team at Tivoli Systems and then founded his own company, Motive. Both went IPO. Then he started his own fund, called Floodgate. Mike has been on the Forbes Midas List every year since 2011 and was ranked #19 in 2017. He was named one of the “8 Rising Stars” by Fortune magazine.
Dick Kramlich
Mitch Lasky
Mitch Lasky, General Partner at Benchmark. Portfolio including: Snapchat (NYSE: SNAP), Riot Games, and Discord. Mitch is an early investor in Snapchat (NYSE: SNAP). He and his firm Benchmark held about 13% of the social media company at the time of the IPO, good for $3.2 billion at Snap’s $25 billion market capitalization at the time. He also invested in Riot Games, maker of the popular game League of Legends. Mitch is currently a board member of thatgamecompany, Snapchat, Discord, Outpost Games, Hound Labs, and PlayFab. Mitch has spent more than two decades in the mobile gaming, new media, and interactive entertainment businesses. Prior to joining Benchmark, Mitch served as executive vice president of Mobile and Online at Electronic Arts. Previously, he was chairman and chief executive officer of JAMDAT Mobile, Inc (NASDAQ: JMDT), the leading global publisher of wireless entertainment applications. He joined as a startup in 2000, took the company public in 2004, and sold it to EA in 2006. Prior to JAMDAT, Mitch served as general manager of eCompanies Wireless LLC, a startup incubator. He spent five years at Activision, the world’s largest game publisher, most recently as executive vice president of Worldwide Studios. Earlier in his career, Mitch practiced intellectual property law, worked at the Walt Disney Company, and started a massive multiplayer online game company. Mitch went to Harvard University and earned his JD at the University of Virginia.
Brad Fled
Brad Fled
Brad Feld, Co-founder of Foundry Group. Foundry Group has a portfolio including Zynga, Techstars, and Fitbit. Brad has been an early-stage investor and entrepreneur for over 30 years. He is a managing director at Foundry Group, where he focuses on early-stage information technology startups like Makerbot, Fitbit, and Zynga. Brad co-founded Techstars, Mobius Venture Capital, and Intensity Ventures. Prior to becoming a VC, Brad started his own company called Feld Technologies after he graduated from MIT.
Dick Kramlich
David Cowan
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Dick Kramlich
Dick Kramlich
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Dick Kramlich
Dick Kramlich
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Dick Kramlich
Dick Kramlich
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Terry McGuire
Terry McGuire
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Rich Levandov
Rich Levandov
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Tim Chang
Tim Chang
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Jim Boettcher
Jim Boettcher
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Ross Jaffe
Ross Jaffe
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Deborah Farrington
Deborah Farrington
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Robert Nelsen
Robert Nelsen
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Charles Moldow
Charles Moldow
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Jim Robinson
Jim Robinson
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Dan Levitan
Dan Levitan
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Ann Miura Ko
Ann Miura Ko
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Ray Rothrock
Ray Rothrock
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Promod Haque
Promod Haque
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Sandy Miller
Sandy Miller
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Asheem Chandna
Asheem Chandna
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Paul Madera
Paul Madera
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Bing Gordon
Bing Gordon
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
David Cowan
David Cowan
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Brad Fled
Brad Fled
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Mitch Lasky
Mitch Lasky
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Mike Maples
Mike Maples
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
Dick Kramlich
Dick Kramlich
C. Richard Kramlich. Co-Founder of NEA, Chairman Emeritus at NEA, Co-founder of Green Bay Ventures. NEA has a portfolio including Apple, Power point, Juniper Networks. Dick is co-founder Chairman Emeritus of NEA. NEA is the venture firm that raises the most amount of capital. Now he has founded his new fund Green Bay venture partners. Dick began his venture career in 1969 as a General Partner with Arthur Rock and Co. In 1977, Dick was an early investor in Apple Computer for his own account. Since co-founding NEA in 1978, he has been involved in ten companies that have grown from start-up or near start-up stage to companies with market value in excess of $1 billion. Before entering venture, Dick served in the Air Force, went to Harvard Business School after study at Northwestern for undergrad.
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