Mar 15, 2020
Deep nuances of leadership dynamics. AI itself as not being an investible thesis. Knock-on effects of COVID-19 on VC valuations.Talent residing in the team. Entrepreneurial, cultural, and other powerful lessons learned from China, Silicon Valley, and the greater world beyond both. Today BILL REICHERT joins us for a fantastic conversation with Yingying Li discussing all of the above, and we are glad to share it with you. A must-listen.
Bill Reichert BIO:
Bill Reichert is co-founder and Managing Director of Garage
Technology Ventures, a seed and early stage venture capital firm
based in Silicon Valley. He is also a Partner at Pegasus Tech
Ventures, a global venture capital firm with offices in Silicon
Valley and around the world.
Bill and his partners invest in promising emerging technology
companies and work intensively with them to help them grow and
succeed. Some of Garage’s most successful investments include
Pandora Media (NYSE: P), Digital Fountain (acquired by Qualcomm),
Coremetrics (acquired by IBM), iNest (acquired by LendingTree), and
LeftHand Networks (acquired by HP).
Bill brings experience as a serial entrepreneur to his work
with portfolio companies. Prior to co-founding Garage in
early 1998, Bill was co-founder of Academic Systems, a software
company funded by Kleiner Perkins, Accel Partners, and
Microsoft. Academic Systems became the leading developer of
network-based multimedia instructional materials for colleges and
universities, and was acquired by Plato Learning. Prior to
Academic Systems, Bill was a senior executive at several
venture-backed technology companies, including The Learning
Company, which was the leading developer of educational software in
the United States before its acquisition in 1994, and Infa
Technologies, a touchscreen computer company that developed many of
the concepts underlying the Newton, Palm, and iPhone devices.
Bill also co-founded Trademark Software, which was subsequently
acquired by Dow Jones, while in graduate school at Stanford.
Earlier in his career, Bill worked for McKinsey & Co., the
World Bank in Washington, DC, and Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., in
New York. He has authored and co-authored several articles
and speeches on entrepreneurship, venture capital, international
trade, and monetary policy.
Bill earned his AB in History and Science from Harvard
University and his MBA from Stanford University. He is a
member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, and is a
former Chairman of the Churchill Club in Silicon Valley. He is also
an Advisor to the Women’s Startup Lab, Nordic Innovation House, and
the Korea Innovation Center. He lives with his extraordinary wife
Michelle and three incredible children in Los Altos,
California. You can contact Bill atreichert@garage.com.