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Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Dan Rosensweig (Chegg), Chi-Hua Chien (Goodwater Capital) - Solving Problems Makes a Great Business

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Stanford eCorner

Journey, Startups, Education, Stanford, Culture, Strategy, Stanford University, Entrepreneurship, Business, Life Lessons, Thought Leadership, Creativity, Etl, Challenges, Leadership, Innovation, Founders

4.4739 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2010

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In conversation with KPCB's Chi-Hua Chien, Dan Rosensweig, CEO of textbook rental company Chegg, speaks about his professional history within Yahoo!, ZDNet, and Guitar Hero, and shares insights on business in the dot-com trenches. Rosensweig offers his perspective on the evolution of the online media and advertising industries. Additionally, Rosensweig encourages entrepreneurs-to-be to "bet on the inevitable" as they explore their passions and the growing future of online services.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You are listening to the DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series, brought you weekly by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.

0:10.3

You can find podcasts and videos of these lectures online at eChorner.standford.edu.

0:19.0

Chiwa Chen from Kleiner Perkins-Confair-Lferl and Buyers, joined them in 2007.

0:25.8

At Kleiner, Chiwa focuses on investments in the I-Fund and their mobile applications,

0:30.8

consumer internet, and the digital media infrastructure.

0:34.4

As a board director or observer, he works closely with the teams at Buyah, Chegg, Lockeries,

0:40.3

reputation defender, and working equity.

0:44.3

And prior to joining Kleiner, Chihuah worked with Excel Partners as a venture advisor and associate

0:50.3

focusing on software as a service, consumer internet, and online advertising.

0:57.0

He originated their investments in Facebook and ad and send while also working on the investments

1:03.0

in AdMob, BitTorrent, FB Fund, Glam, Trulia, and Yumi Networks.

1:09.0

Previously, he was director of marketing at Core Metrics, where he led marketing and inside sales,

1:13.6

and he also served as the company's interim CFO through two rounds of venture funding.

1:18.6

Chiwa's prior roles include corporate development at Google, business development,

1:23.6

at e-coverage, and investment banking with Morgan Stanley's Technology Group.

1:29.1

But more importantly, for all of you at Stanford here, he's the world's best overachiever

1:33.9

with four degrees from Stanford.

1:36.4

And that's the minimum feature set to join Kleiner Perkins, I guess.

1:44.0

But with that I'll let Chihuah introduce Dan.

1:47.0

And so Chihuah, all yours.

1:48.8

Thanks, Steve.

1:49.8

It's a real privilege to be here today.

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