How the Kleiner Perkins Empire Fell

Re:How the Kleiner Perkins Empire Fell by gkolli on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @04:38PM (#19732585)

Very interesting take on KP. Anyone from the inside (recent startup founders, ex-employees, etc.) want to chime in? Would love to hear.

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Re:How the Kleiner Perkins Empire Fell by srcmap on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @08:13PM (#19734341)

I was an employee worked for KP invested Startup by 3 extremely smart MIT Phds. Smartest people I ever worked with - one of them can do Analog, FPGA, Linux kernel all the same time. We created a system with 10G interface (15 years ago) deployed in Comcast and generated 40+ million revenue with < 10 employees.

After that, KP installed their own CEO with old analog modem background, fired the extremely experience VP of engr, hire/fire 3 CTOs and hire 160 people to "scale" the company and burn all the cash without deliver one single product in the next 6 years. The CEO also manager to get rid of all 3 founders.

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Re:How the Kleiner Perkins Empire Fell by peteradio on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @10:57PM (#19735170)

NOICE!

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Re:How the Kleiner Perkins Empire Fell by probdist on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @05:53PM (#19733325)

I'm a former early employee at a KP backed start up. Nothing but respect and good vibes from the folks I met with or presented to from KP.

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Re:How the Kleiner Perkins Empire Fell by dopeboy on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @06:10PM (#19733472)

I've done some contract engineering work for them onsite. Super professional and talented engineers inside.

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Re:How the Kleiner Perkins Empire Fell by mathattack on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @04:54PM (#19732752)

I’ve had very positive interactions with them. (Not an insider.) They we’re very professional and helpful.

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