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From profiles and interviews with the world’s leading venture capitalists and high-profile coaches of business founders, A Dozen Lessons distills a set of bedrock methods for approaching business questions and creating value. With insight and verve, Griffin argues that venture capital is, at a fundamental level, a service business that depends hugely on “human factors.” Griffin suggests that, among a number of common features, these investors succeeded because of their sense of hustle, keen judgment, hard work, and good luck. But most of all, they share a deep love of building businesses that goes beyond financial considerations. Tren Griffin works at Microsoft. Previously, he was a partner at Eagle River, a private equity firm controlled by Craig McCaw, with investments in the telecommunication and software industries, including McCaw Cellular, Nextel, Nextel Partners, XO Communications, Teledesic, and many start-up firms. He is the author of six books, including Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor (Columbia, 2015). Concept Directory Foreword, by Scott Belsky Introduction I. The Founder Coaches 1. Steve Blank 2. Bill Campbell 3. Eric Ries II. The Venture Capitalists 4. Sam Altman: Y Combinator 5. Steve Anderson: Baseline Ventures 6. Marc Andreessen: Andreessen Horowitz 7. Rich Barton: Expedia, Glassdoor, Zillow 8. Roelof Botha: Sequoia Capital 9. Jim Breyer: Breyer Capital 10. Chris Dixon: Andreessen Horowitz 11. John Doerr: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers 12. Peter Fenton: Benchmark 13. Jim Goetz: Sequoia Capital 14. Paul Graham: Y Combinator 15. Kirsten Green: Forerunner Ventures 16. Bill Gurley: Benchmark 17. Reid Hoffman: Greylock Partners 18. Ben Horowitz: Andreessen Horowitz 19. Vinod Khosla: Khosla Ventures 20. Josh Kopelman: First Round Capital 21. Jenny Lee: GGV Capital 22. Doug Leone: Sequoia Capital 23. Dan Levitan: Maveron 24. Jessica Livingston: Y Combinator 25. Mary Meeker: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers 26. Michael Moritz: Sequoia Capital 27. Chamath Palihapitiya: Social Capital 28. Keith Rabois: Khosla Ventures 29. Andy Rachleff: Wealthfront 30. Naval Ravikant: AngelList 31. Heidi Roizen: Draper Fisher Jurvetson 32. Mark Suster: Upfront Ventures 33. Peter Thiel: Founders Fund 34. Fred Wilson: Union Square Ventures 35. Ann Winblad: Hummer Winblad Venture Partners Conclusion Glossary
