Brad Jones, Redpoint Ventures
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Yahoo acquires Redpoint Ventures' portfolio company Right Media, the part they don't already own, for $680M. Brad talks about the company, the fund and his career in this podcast interview.
He's brainy. Starting with a major in Chemisry and a Masters in Physics from Harvard then off to Stanford Law School and Business School, Brad skipped an operating career and went straight into venture capital with Brentwood Venture Capital in 1981. Soon Brentwood split into Versant Ventures to pursue life science and Redpoint Ventures to pursue technology opportunities.
For someone who enjoyed such a successful career right out of school, I wondered, how is Brad giving back to young people and the community?
He has all the answers...
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Comments
Hi Frank, say hello to Brad for me. Brad's firm was an investor in Continuus Software that went public in 1999.
Sol
Posted by: Sol Zechter | June 28, 2007 04:03 PM
Fantastic!
I look forward to hearing it. I really liked the Sid from Venture Farm and Henry Samueli interviews.
Regards,
Ash Kumra
Posted by: Ash Kumra | June 28, 2007 04:24 PM
Hi Frank - who DON'T you know! That is the real question!
Take care, let's catch up soon on a casual basis.
Best regards,
JWY
Posted by: Jonathan Yee | June 29, 2007 08:58 AM
This is really great!
Thanks,
Ardelle
Posted by: Ardelle St. George | June 29, 2007 09:01 AM