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Re:John Doerr: Coursera 'Could Be Big The Way Google Was' by mkramlich on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @01:51AM (#4315919)
> L. John Doerr, a venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers who is well-known in Silicon Valley, attended the cookout, and said he is an enthusiastic supporter of the effort (he's also on its board of directors).

He has a financial stake in seeing it become as big as Google so take with grain of salt.

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Re:John Doerr: Coursera 'Could Be Big The Way Google Was' by malandrew on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @02:00AM (#4315941)
"no conflict, no interest." seems appropriate here.
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Re:John Doerr: Coursera 'Could Be Big The Way Google Was' by StavrosK on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @06:06AM (#4316477)
What does it mean? I can't parse it.
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Re:John Doerr: Coursera 'Could Be Big The Way Google Was' by telemachos on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @06:30AM (#4316537)
It's a John Doerr quote[1]. Here's the opening paragraphs from an article which discusses it:

Legendary venture capitalist John Doerr is said to have once described his investment philosophy as "no conflict, no interest."

In other words, when Doerr and venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins aren't privileged enough to enjoy a potential conflict of interest with respect to a potential investment, they have no interest in making the investment.

[1]: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-03-11/tech/30001236...

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Re:John Doerr: Coursera 'Could Be Big The Way Google Was' by StavrosK on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @06:35AM (#4316544)
That clarifies it, thank you.
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