Contents

Concept Directory

Foreword by Scott Belsky

Introduction

I. THE FOUNDER COACHES

1

Steve Blank

2

Bill Campbell

3

Eric Ries

II. THE VENTURE CAPITALISTS

4

Sam Altman: Y Combinator

5

Steve Anderson: Baseline Ventures

6

Marc Andreessen: Andreessen Horowitz

7

Rich Barton: Expedia, Glassdoor, Zillow

8

Roelof Botha: Sequoia Capital

9

Jim Breyer: Breyer Capital

10

Chris Dixon: Andreessen Horowitz

11

John Doerr: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

12

Peter Fenton: Benchmark

13

Jim Goetz: Sequoia Capital

14

Paul Graham: Y Combinator

15

Kirsten Green: Forerunner Ventures

16

Bill Gurley: Benchmark

17

Reid Hoffman: Greylock Partners

18

Ben Horowitz: Andreessen Horowitz

19

Vinod Khosla: Khosla Ventures

20

Josh Kopelman: First Round Capital

21

Jenny Lee: GGV Capital

22

Doug Leone: Sequoia Capital

23

Dan Levitan: Maveron

24

Jessica Livingston: Y Combinator

25

Mary Meeker: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

26

Michael Moritz: Sequoia Capital

27

Chamath Palihapitiya: Social Capital

28

Keith Rabois: Khosla Ventures

29

Andy Rachleff: Wealthfront

30

Naval Ravikant: AngelList

31

Heidi Roizen: Draper Fisher Jurvetson

32

Mark Suster: Upfront Ventures

33

Peter Thiel: Founders Fund

34

Fred Wilson: Union Square Ventures

35

Ann Winblad: Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

Conclusion

Glossary