You were involved in nest very early on. True, obviously saw a great exit to google itself. It sold it back to the mother ship. Tony's tony is a remarkable person and leader. Very different from a lot of other leaders in the portfolio. But amazingly talented product visionary. I think that he's a some whone i would back again in a second. You see first hand how hard it is for a first class team to build te thing,. programm it, manufacture it, ship it and deliver it. Have you seen the cloning that's happening now via kick starter? Do you kno.
Bill is the founder and first CEO of Google Ventures (GV). With $3.0 billion under management and investments in Uber and Nest, GV was described as one of the hottest venture funds in Silicon Valley under his leadership. Maris oversaw the growth of the team from 1 to 70+, across 7 offices, 2 continents, and 400 investments.
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