Tech is in the second act of cloud and mobile, not waiting
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Glenn Solomon, Managing Partner at GGV Capital, responds to investor Elad Gil's perspective on paradigm shift cycles in technology.
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“Where I disagree with Elad is I think we're already in a very important second act of the paradigm shifts around cloud and mobile, and so I disagree that we're waiting for anything.”
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