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Re: Kleiner Perkins hiring to invest in consumer Internet

courtney benson — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:12:44 -0000

As others have stated KPs funded some of best and in my opinion will continue to do so. Their expertise is in hiring top talent that sees both the forest and the trees. Note: there's something to be said for experience.

Re: Kleiner Perkins hiring to invest in consumer Internet

David Gong — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:56:33 -0000

I second Jason's comment. Per my experience, KP follows a rigorous value chain impact maximization (lack of better words) valuating process to invest in companies. Anyone could miss some opportunities. But if a Web2.0 company's fundamental business model were so strikingly disruptive and scalable, KP would probably have "hunt" it done. Lately I heard one of the hottest money making venture businesses in China is to farm potatoes. When you have billion people hungry for French Fries, you bet someone will take a second look at earth moving farmers with serious many 1s and 0s in mind.

Re: Kleiner Perkins hiring to invest in consumer Internet

Jason — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:35:36 -0000

I've got to disagree with Steve. KP funded the companies that basically created the consumer Internet as we know it today -- Netscape, Amazon, Google. Not to mention the infrastructure that powers big chunks of the Internet -- Sun Microsystems & Juniper Networks. Just because they've been quiet on investing in Web 2.0 "feature companies" doesn't mean that they're not ready to help build the next great Internet company.

Re: Kleiner Perkins hiring to invest in consumer Internet

Valley Grunt — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:01:20 -0000

Hmm. Steve's comment above left me a wee bit bemused:- While KPCB hasn't had any consumer web hits lately, I dare say they are still one of the top-three marquee names in the venture community. Netscape, Amazon, Google were as consumer-webby as you can get...

Re: Kleiner Perkins hiring to invest in consumer Internet

Steve — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:47:57 -0000

Kleiner is wholly irrelevant in the consumer Internet sector. No decent entrepreneur would consider pitching them for a consumer web business.

Re: Kleiner Perkins hiring to invest in consumer Internet

Jared — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:18:20 -0000

Technologies include "CSS, XHTML"... doesn't that include every web company ever?