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Venky Ganesan

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Venky Ganesan

@venkyganesan

Partner at Menlo Ventures who is excited to be venturing right with amazing partners. All opinion is personal and retweets are not endorsements

Palo Alto, CA

menlovc.com/venky-ganesan

Joined February 2009

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Venky Ganesan
@venkyganesan
Aug 20, 2022
Things I aspire to be and look for in people I invest in - 1. Think in first principles 2. Seek truth over tribe 3. Take responsibility when things go wrong 4. Learn and grow every day 5. Show kindness and gratitude 6. Share graciously and eat last 7. Be curious not judgmental
Venky Ganesan
@venkyganesan
Oct 11, 2020
Third World Migrant here. Let’s see - I started a company that was sold to IBM That created over 20 millionaires and resulted in tens of millions in federal taxes. Partner in a major venture capital firm. Investments that I’ve been Part of worth over $25 billion in market cap
Lauren Witzke
@LaurenWitzkeDE
Oct 7, 2020
Most third-world migrants can not assimilate into civil societies. Prove me wrong.
Venky Ganesan
@venkyganesan
Oct 11, 2020
Third world migrant here. I also had the honor of being the chairman of the National Venture Capital Association And my wife is a dean at Stanford med School Is that assimilated enough for you?
Lauren Witzke
@LaurenWitzkeDE
Oct 7, 2020
Most third-world migrants can not assimilate into civil societies. Prove me wrong.
Venky Ganesan
@venkyganesan
Apr 6, 2022
1/ I know it's going to be very fashionable for the next 24 hours to dunk on @fast. But please remember that there are many wonderful talented people who worked there and tried their level best to make something happen. Failure is very much a part of the startup life. Be kind
Venky Ganesan
@venkyganesan
Jun 14, 2023
One of the lessons I've learned the hard way in venture capital is that "you can never make a good deal with a bad person". when you realize someone is toxic, just move on. Life is too short.
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Venky Ganesan
@venkyganesan
Jun 28, 2024
This is the real problem for venture capital. Not the IPO market. The reality is that 75% VC backed companies need to exit by M&A. Unless the M&A market recovers, the VC asset class is going to be challenged
#cartadata #m #startups #acquired #founders | Peter Walker | 95 comments
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Venky Ganesan
@venkyganesan
Aug 2, 2021
Talking about my personal life is awkward and uncomfortable -at least for me. Thank you to @rebecca_szkutak for sharing the story. I have three additional observations to make/share - forbes.com/sites/rebeccas…
Venky Ganesan
@venkyganesan
Aug 24, 2024
Replying to @RedditCFB
Hmm maybe focus on winning your games first and worry later about running up the score
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Venky Ganesan
@venkyganesan
Aug 20, 2020
For a whole generation of south Indians the most important word Kamala Harris said in her speech was “Chitti” - My Tamil peeps all over the world you have been recognized
Venky Ganesan
@venkyganesan
Aug 2, 2015
2/2 @Benioff started @salesforce at 39 Dave duffield started @Workday at 65 @reidhoffman started @LinkedIn at 35 Jack Ma start Alibaba at 35
Venky Ganesan
@venkyganesan
Mar 11, 2020
Social distancing does not mean not working. Proud to say that Menlo ventures just wired $14 million To a company as part of a $20 million round When the Dow was down 2000 points yesterday. Great companies are created Independent of what the stock market is doing
Venky Ganesan
@venkyganesan
Jun 12, 2014
Law of unintended consequences - Europe protests pushes Uber app to major downloads -
Venky Ganesan
@venkyganesan
May 2, 2023
Really surprised on how little I am seeing in my feed about First Republic demise. This is catastrophic for Silicon Valley. Full disclosure: I am a happy customer for over 15 years. The long-term effect of the demise of FRB and SVB is going to be very meaningful for this region
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Venky Ganesan
@venkyganesan
May 4, 2024
You got these VCs sitting at the Berkshire meeting, dressed up in their fancy Brunello Cucinelli suits, nodding along to Warren Buffett like they understand every word. But as soon as they step out, they're chasing 20-year-old AI entrepreneurs like they're the hottest thing since
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