The Final Member of the Fab Four

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Matt coler is the person who we have referred to on previous episodes when uh kevin's syndrome was Negotiating to sell to facebook. And just had this fundamental unfair advantage over everybody at that point in time. He also got all of these new folks and bill Got what a ws met for the industry and Series a investing. The difference between formation stage and seed investing and investing in data interaction Yep Matt has been employee number five At facebook and before thatemployee number, I think less than five at linkedin and then he joined mitch joins next after Don valentine knew the future because he had been a national semiconductor.

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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