Ehrensvärd: Ram Shriram backed Yubico after initial Silicon Valley rejections
Stina Ehrensvärd · a16z Podcast | The Hard Things about Security · Jan 2, 2019 · at 27:25
Yubico CEO Stina Ehrensvärd recounts her early fundraising efforts in Silicon Valley after moving from Sweden.
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“Everyone said no to me when I landed here, because we weren't proven, but I continued, and eventually I got introduced to Ram Sharam, who sits in the board of Google, and he had this Silicon Valley mindset. After 40 minutes, he said, how can I help?”
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