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Anne Winblad

Founding Partner, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners · 1 appearance on the record.

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She co-founded Open Systems, Inc. in 1976 before co-founding Hummer Winblad Venture Partners in 1989 as the first venture firm focused exclusively on enterprise software. Winblad has invested in more than 200 software startups and co-authored the book Object-Oriented Software.

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2 assertions · 5 insights · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 2 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

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Assertion Supported
Winblad: Female computer science graduates dropped from 20% to 13%
“It's going down for women. It was like, you know, 20%, and now it's like 13%.”
Anne Winblad Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 25:19 a16z Podcast | Demystifying Venture Capital

Everything Anne Winblad said on the a16z Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

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Winblad: VCs evaluate founders by the quality of their past workplaces
“Aileen said one other really key thing is that when we, you know, are auditioning these companies we, and we get attracted to one. We look at the founding team and see what movies have they seen before. Have they only been working at horror shows?”
Anne Winblad Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 28:41 a16z Podcast | Demystifying Venture Capital
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Winblad: VCs spend 30% of their time on founder psychodrama
“Another 30% of our time is what I'll call general psychodrama.”
Anne Winblad Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:29 a16z Podcast | Demystifying Venture Capital
Insight
Winblad: Startup board's core duty is hiring and firing the CEO
“One of the big jobs of the board is to hire and fire the CEO, and I'm sure all of us have had to fire CEOs or have helped them exit gracefully from the building quickly you know, sometime in our career.”
Anne Winblad Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:56 a16z Podcast | Demystifying Venture Capital
Insight
Winblad: Unique deal flow separates top venture firms from others
“Everybody has to cultivate their own unique deal flow. That's sort of part of it, so that you're not out there chasing deals. And that really is what, ah, separates the top venture firms from the other venture firms. Because if you have to chase deals and try …”
Anne Winblad Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:11 a16z Podcast | Demystifying Venture Capital
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Winblad: Some top Hummer Winblad deals came from cold pitches
“Well, it turns out that some of our best deals ever were, you know, something caught my eye or someone else's eye.”
Anne Winblad Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 19:01 a16z Podcast | Demystifying Venture Capital
Assertion Supported
Winblad: Female computer science graduates dropped from 20% to 13%
“It's going down for women. It was like, you know, 20%, and now it's like 13%.”
Anne Winblad Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 25:19 a16z Podcast | Demystifying Venture Capital
Insight
Winblad: Success in male-dominated fields requires being comfortable with yourself
“So I think you've really just, the way you kick ass is just be comfortable with your own ass.”
Anne Winblad Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 36:44 a16z Podcast | Demystifying Venture Capital

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
a16z Podcast | Demystifying Venture Capital Jan 2, 2019 10m
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