Having Bill Girly on Your Board Is Like Bringing a New Co-Founder

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e-boys is chronicled the whole recruitment process All the internal discussions about bill Of course, it's e-boys. So you got to take it with a great assault. Having someone like bill girly on your board is really like bringing a new co-founder He is always working on behalf of your company intellectually and executionally Sounds like the bill I know so he's funny. actually pulled all my quotes from research from things people said about partners into one place and I definitely have this one.

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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