Kleiner Perkins Partner: If by Web 2.0, you mean companies that build an audience to be monetized by Google, I am not actively pursuing them.

Re:Kleiner Perkins Partner: If by Web 2.0, you mean companie... by zaidf on Sunday April 08, 2007 @06:44PM (#10539)

I think as much as Kleiner may not be interested in web2.0(or so they say), many web2.0 entrepreneurs aren't interested in Kleiner either as much as they previously used to be.

For example, in web2.0 world a 15mil exit is considered pretty nice. But for Kleiner a 15mil acquisition of a portfolio company doesn't necessarily get them jumping.

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Re:Kleiner Perkins Partner: If by Web 2.0, you mean companie... by raganwald on Sunday April 08, 2007 @09:35PM (#10604)

I agree, my first thought was that how KP defines a good investment is somewhat orthogonal to how someone defines a good business.

You mentioned that a small exit is a home run for three guys in a room. Likewise, three guys in a room can be financed by Visa and Mastercard, they don't need KP.

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Re:Kleiner Perkins Partner: If by Web 2.0, you mean companie... by zaidf on Sunday April 08, 2007 @11:21PM (#10638)

Yep, this interview told me more about the changes that VCs worldwide are having to adapt to; learned very little about where web2.0 is and headed.

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