John Doerr
3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 3, 2017 by Chris Douvos · said 11 times in 5 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Rick Heitzman (4), Sebastian Mallaby (3), Chris Douvos (2), Mike Maples, Jr. (1), Josh Wolfe (1)
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2024 1 mention in 1 episode
2023 4 mentions in 1 episode
2022 3 mentions in 1 episode
2018 1 mention in 1 episode
2017 2 mentions in 1 episode
Everything said about John Doerr, oldest first
Jul 3, 2017 negative
Asking Sand Hill Road for VC Recommendations Yields Warmed-Over Conventional Wisdom
“The way most people do diligence is they run up and down Sand Hill Road, and they say, hey, Mike Moritz, who's good? Hey, John Doerr, who's good today? And you're just getting this warmed over conventional wisdom with sometimes a healthy, you know, dose of pol…”
Apr 11, 2022 bearish
Kleiner Perkins collapsed because it relied on stars over institutional culture
“Where you have brilliant individuals, when those people go off the boil, or they retire, or whatever, the performance is going to collapse. And that's sort of what happened with Kleiner Perkins. They had two amazing investors, Vinod Kostler and John Doerr. Vin…”
Nov 13, 2023 positive
John Doerr and Mike Moritz were always fully prepared for board meetings
“I sat on a board at a company called Elance, which became Upwork with John Doerr years ago. He was always the first person in his seat at board meetings. He was always on time, always read the materials. I also spent some time with Mike Moritz, who was also, n…”