The question has to be asked: Why do we exist? Each firm has to answer that question in a way that is authentic to them - if it's stock picking, I suspect it will end badly. For Benchmark, it's a… — Peter Fenton Copy Share Image
In open source, you really have to be near the watershed to have an impact on the source code. Customers want to be near… — Peter Fenton Copy Share Image
What Google did in Web 1.0 was take a feature, which was search, and built an entire business around that utility. In Web 2.0,… — Peter Fenton Copy Share Image
We actually tried to invest in Twitter in April 2007, right when it launched. At the time, the company was wary of having a… — Peter Fenton Copy Share Image
We approached Yahoo and Jerry Yang and said that Hadoop is going to continue to be popular, and as it does, more and more… — Peter Fenton Copy Share Image
My biggest mentor has been the Benchmark partnership. We have six partners and a flat structure, and everyone is paid the exact same paycheck.… — Peter Fenton Copy Share Image
In open-source in general, the power lies in connecting the author of the software directly to users, eliminating the middleman. — Peter Fenton Copy Share Image
The one I have the most angst towards would be YouTube. We had an opportunity to invest, and I just got nervous about the… — Peter Fenton Copy Share Image
The question has to be asked: Why do we exist? Each firm has to answer that question in a way that is authentic to… — Peter Fenton Copy Share Image
If you don't have the best product, you're not going to make it in open-source. — Peter Fenton Copy Share Image
The rise of Twitter defined 2011. Once every 5-7 years, a company emerges that changes not just the technology industry, but the world... after… — Peter Fenton Copy Share Image
