Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: H James Morris who wrote (91974)	1/23/2000 8:17:00 PM
From: dbblg	Respond to of 164684

>>AOL or SunW? Two more Kleiner children. AOL's a stepchild at best. (Which probably accounts for their success.) >>Do you think that Kleiner might be finally running with a low sperm count, or can they just keep on breeding children? Don't know, but remember for a while their John Doerr's fav. children were pen-based computing companies. He also gave countless speeches on Al Gore's information superhighway. On balance, I respect KPCB a lot, and look hard at their deals when they come public. IMO the good venture firms are like good college basketball programs: their past success helps them recruit the best new talent, and inevitably gives them an edge in the polls (read: initial valuations, underwriters). At the end of the day, however, they have to deliver. The whole keiretsu thing is, at best, a distraction. (I'm talking longer term here; I'm glad you and some others on the thread have made some $$ as KPCB deals have almost indiscriminately ramped.)