Awards & Recognition
★Forbes Midas List (8 times in last decade)
★Fortune Magazine '8 Rising VC Stars'
★Harvard Business School lifetime achievement profile
★USA Today Bestseller for Pattern Breakers book
★Axiom Gold Medalist for Pattern Breakers
Notable Facts
→Co-founding Partner at Floodgate venture capital firm
→Early investor in Twitter, Twitch, Okta, Lyft, Chegg, and other major companies
→Author of national bestselling book 'Pattern Breakers'
→Host of 'Pattern Breakers' and 'Starting Greatness' podcasts
→Former entrepreneur with two IPO exits (Tivoli Systems, Motive)
→Harvard Business School MBA (1994)
→Known for coining the term 'Thunder Lizards' for disruptive companies
→Pioneer of seed-stage investing movement
→Professional calligrapher and philanthropist