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The most recent person to join as a general partner at benchmark, which is miles grimshaw. Miles of course was the wonder kin did a thrive capital involved in helping build that firm and uh as a baby GP all these baby gps into an incredible Success there,. But now part of benchmark what companies was he involved with There eric table where he met peter and benchling Where he and eric Overlapped on the board And I think miles was very early to benchling Uh very very early definitely before benchmark and eric Yeah, if you want to be a GP at benchmark just uh beyond boards with them that seems to be the takeaway.

Benchmark Capital. We tell the tale of the legendary equal partnership that accomplished something no other venture firm can claim: twice it has produced the highest returning fund of its cycle, each time with a 100% different GP lineup. If ever there were a playbook for successful generational transfer of a generational-defining venture firm, this is it. We spend 3.5+ hours digging into how the dotcom “eBay eBoys” transformed into the rockstar Fab Four of the Uber, Instagram and Snap mobile gold rush (spoiler: not by a straight line!), and what the future holds for Benchmark’s next GP generation. If you’re a student of the venture game from any angle — founder, GP, LP, etc — this is a story you need to tune in for!

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