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Did you read the article? It's based on a direct quote from venture capitalist John Doerr: “That correlates more with any other success factor that I’ve seen
by michaelchisari 16y ago
Did you read the article? It's based on a direct quote from venture capitalist John Doerr:
“That correlates more with any other success factor that I’ve seen in the world’s greatest entrepreneurs. If you look at Bezos, or [Netscape Communications Corp. founder Marc] Andreessen, [Yahoo Inc. co-founder] David Filo, the founders of Google, they all seem to be white, male, nerds who’ve dropped out of Harvard or Stanford and they absolutely have no social life. So when I see that pattern coming in — which was true of Google — it was very easy to decide to invest.”
- curtis 16y agoDid Doerr really say that? I'm asking because the examples don't really support the thesis. It seems like Jerry Yang would completely invalidate David Filo as an example. Also, I can't find any indication that Jeff Bezos ever attended Harvard or Stanford (according to Wikipedia he attended to Princeton and he graduated). Marc Andreessen attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and also graduated.
- michaelchisari 16y agoYes, according to the WSJ: http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/05/08/why-venture-capitalists-dont-want-you-to-have-a-sex-life/tab/article/ http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/05/08/why-ventur...
- jacquesm 16y agoOne venture capitalist saying something stupid (for the moment assuming that quote is a literal one) is not representative of a whole industry. I would hope -and have evidence of- a more balanced view by others. And yes, I did read the 'article' as far as it is worthy of the term.