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Feb 28, 1997 · John Doerr’s Startup Manual. If you could ask only one person for advice about starting a company or joining a startup, chances are you’d pick John Doerr. BY Michael S. Malone long read.
Dec 4, 2000 · The Net of It All. What led me into venture capital? Luck, a fascination with innovation and entrepreneurs, plus the ambition - inspired by Lou Doerr, my dad and hero - to one day start a venture with friends. In 1974 I moved to Silicon Valley after finishing my first year of business school.
May 3, 2004 · John Doerr, a prominent venture capitalist in Silicon Valley, is as upbeat about the potential of Internet start-ups as ever.
Career. Doerr joined Intel Corporation in 1974 just as the firm was developing the 8080 8-bit microprocessor. He eventually became one of Intel's most successful salespeople. He also holds several patents for memory devices. [8][9] In 1980, Doerr was offered a job with Kleiner Perkins.
I came to Silicon Valley in 1975 with no job and no place to live. I wanted to start a company with friends, just like my Dad (and hero) Lou Doerr. I tried to get an internship with a VC firm. And well, they all turned me down. One of them told me about Intel, a new chip company.
Nov 4, 2021 · John Doerr: Andy Grove is a Hungarian immigrant. He came to the US with literally nothing, enrolled in City College in New York, spoke broken English, studied semiconductor physics, taught that at UC Berkeley, has always been an educator, and he worked at Fairchild Semiconductor.
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Jul 9, 2024 · In 1974, he joined a small California-based startup named Intel as a semiconductor salesman and earned his MBA at Harvard two years later. Andy Grove, one of Intel’s founders, became a mentor. When Doerr decided to shift gears and move to Kleiner Perkins, Grove derided it as no more prestigious than “becoming a real estate agent.”
