Notable Facts
→Former General Partner at Google Ventures (GV) from 2013-2024, led over 50 investments
→Notable portfolio companies include Slack, Stripe, Anchor (acquired by Spotify), CTRL-Labs (acquired by Meta), theSkimm, and Universe
→Former founding partner at CrunchFund with portfolio including Airbnb, Square, Uber, Path, Vine, and Yammer
→Prominent tech journalist at TechCrunch (2009-2014) and VentureBeat (2007-2009), known for Apple coverage
→Currently runs Spyglass blog and invests through family office Sequin
→Maintains popular Medium publication '500ish' with 420k followers
→University of Michigan graduate, originally from Ohio
→Serves on Slack board of directors
→Has Wikipedia page documenting his career transition from journalist to investor