About the Blog

 

Dear Readers,

In the spirit of entrepreneurs helping each other, this blog is devoted to interviews, tips, tricks and (hopefully) unique findings I've gathered from the many entrepreneurs I interact with each week. Instead of strategy, which I believe is well covered, I will focus on the actionable and tactical. I hope you find this useful.

Happy reading,
Bill

About Bill

 

Bill is a partner at First Round Capital.

As a founder, operator, advisor and angel investor, Bill has helped dozens of companies launch, manage through hyper growth and win. Before joining First Round, Bill led LiveOps to $100 million in sales and hundreds of employees as the industry's leading cloud contact center. He also founded Jump Networks, a leading web calendar and personal organizer acquired by Microsoft.

As an angel investor and Founder Partner at Founder Collective, Bill made investments in category killing companies including Uber, IronPort (acquired by Cisco), Adroll, PowerSet (acquired by Microsoft), Lending Club, HomeRun (acquired by Rearden Commerce), Tapulous (acquired by Disney), Slide (acquired by Google), and Chegg.

Bill currently serves on the boards of Readyforce, LiveOps, Looker and Samasource, and is Vice Chairman of Entrepreneurship@Cornell.

Bill has a Bachelor of Arts in science and technology studies from Cornell University.