In episode #11 of Founder Real Talk, my guest host Crystal Huang and I interview the incomparable Kelly Wright. Kelly joined Tableau pre-launch in early ’05 as the first sales person, and she culminated her run in late ’16. UnderRead More…
I’m joined here by Founders Jonathon Morgan & Ryan Fox at their Austin office I’m super excited to announce that GGV Capital has led New Knowledge’s $11M Series A Financing. The company is also lucky to have Bilal Zuberi fromRead More…
In episode #10 of Founder Real Talk, my partner Jeff Richards and I host Eric Wu for a live recorded conversation at Opendoor’s SF headquarters. As Eric outlines, Opendoor has completely re-architected the home buying and selling process, delivering simplicity,Read More…
In episode #9 of Founder Real Talk, we host Edith Harbaugh, CEO & Founder of LaunchDarkly. We delve into the company’s origins and why starting a company to address a pain you’ve felt intensely can be a powerful motivator, whyRead More…
In episode #8 of Founder Real Talk, with Barmak Meftah, CEO of AlienVault, we dig deep into how to build a company for a bottoms-up sales model, how to manage a highly distributed company and the importance of hiring greatRead More…
Chatting with Mikkel Svane, founder & CEO of Zendesk, made for a fascinating episode. I was fortunate enough to invest in Mikkel along the way, but in this episode we explore the early days of Zendesk and how the companyRead More…
Interviewing my long time friend Jackie Reses for Founder Real Talk recently was a thrill. This episode is chock full of great insights and terrific Jackie witticisms. My guest host Crystal Huang and I had a ton of fun talkingRead More…
We’re incredibly excited to announce today that GGV Capital has led a $14M Series A financing in Tray.io. We’re happy to be joined by existing investors and good friends – True Ventures and Mosaic Ventures. We’re sector focused at GGVRead More…
I had a great conversation recently with Stewart Butterfield, Founder & CEO of Slack, at GGV’s Evolving Enterprise event. Stewart discusses a wide range of topics from the importance of craftsmanship and play as a pretext to facilitate human interaction,Read More…
I’m excited by today’s news of Opendoor’s $325M Series E financing. The round was co-led by new investor General Atlantic, Access Technology Ventures and Lennar Corporation, the largest homebuilder in the US. GGV participated in the Series E, along withRead More…