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Our team has curated a selection of articles, presentations and videos – representing a range of views – that provide insights into meaningful ideas shaping our world, as well as a smattering of reference materials specifically for entrepreneurs. We hope that something in this collection catches your attention and stimulates discussion and more new ideas…perhaps even a new business.

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Collection One

Internet Trends 2012

“KPCB’s Mary Meeker and Liang Wu talk about today’s internet growth and how business models are being re-imagined and re-invented thanks to mobile and social.

“This report talks about today’s Internet growth and provides an in-depth look for the following new trends: 1) review of Internet stats and notes that Internet growth remains robust and rapid mobile adoption is still in early stages; 2) run through a number of examples of business models that are being re-imagined and re-invented thanks to mobile and social; 3) highlight mixed economic trends and 4) observe that while there’s a lot to be excited about in technology, there are things to be worried about regarding America’s financial situation.”

Published May 2012 by Mary Meeker and Liang Wu

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Collection Three

CEO 2.0 — Lessons from Bezos, Pincus, Young

“Bing Gordon of KPBC extracts lessons learned from the talented business leaders who propelled some of today’s most influential next-generation Web companies to success.”

“In this presentation, KPCB partner Bing Gordon takes a skillful look at what distinguishes the CEOs who build companies that rule the Web. A successful industry exec himself, Bing teases out the attributes, principles and practices of visionaries with bona fide Web 2.0 success stories. He captures key learnings from social, mobile and gaming, and draws on such bright minds as Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com; Mark Pincus, the CEO who led Zynga to a $1 billion IPO; and Neil Young, founder and CEO of game-maker ngmoco. Bing parses the role that a CEO plays in creating a scalable Web 2.0 organization at every turn, from personal strengths and team-building strategies to harnessing ascendant technologies and daring to set ambitious infrastructure goals. Read Bing’s deft rendering of the lessons learned from dynamic CEOs taking tech companies to center stage.”

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