Founders Fund (Day Three)
Posted: July 6th, 2009 | Author: Cory Levy | Filed under: Entrepreneurship | CommentsI choose to take the day off and visit Palo Alto – awesome town! I began the day meeting Kevin Harz, CEO of Eventbrite. He gave me some great advice. Eventually, when I start a company…he thought I should move away from the “noise” and really focus on building a great company when the time comes. I completely agree with Kevin. One day, when that big idea comes…I will definitely seclude myself from the noise and truly work on building a company to the best of my ability.
I then headed to Stanford University to meet with someone who I truly look up to – Tina Seelig. She wrote one of my all-time favorite books titled “What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World.” I give the book two thumbs up! Following our meeting, I had her autograph my copy!
After meeting with Tina, I headed over to the Gates building to briefly meet with a computer science professor, Terry Winograd. He is best known for advising Larry Page, who is the founder of Google. Next I met with Ed Batista, an executive coach at the Graduate School of Business. Ed’s a great guy! I hope one day , I’ll be a student of his at the Graduate School of Business.
Sand Hill Road was next on the agenda. I sat down with Mike Maples Jr. and Ann Miura Koo for a good hour. Among other things, they gave me great insight with regards to why I should attend Stanford. If I can get in, I’d gladly spend four years there!
