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The title of his blog, Above the Crowd, and the book eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists that profiles the Benchmark team, both reference his height; the subtitle of eBoys is “The true story of the six tall men who backed eBay, Webvan, and other billion-dollar start-ups." [35]
Benchmark is noted for creating the first equal ownership and compensation structure for its partners. [54] The "maverick" firm [55] differs from most VC firms, which are named for their founders and are structured hierarchically; Benchmark was described by Fortune as "a lean operation in which its six full-time partners share profits equally."
Eric Vishria (born 1979) is a general partner at Benchmark, a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley. [1] Previously, he was CEO and co-founder of Rockmelt [ 2 ] and served as vice president at Yahoo [ 3 ] following Yahoo's acquisition of Rockmelt.
Mitchell Harold "Mitch" Lasky (born January 18, 1962) is a general partner at the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Benchmark [3] and a former entrepreneur and video game executive. Education and early career
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Matt Cohler (born March 27, 1977) is an American venture capitalist.He worked as Vice President of Product Management for Facebook until June 2008 [1] and was formerly a general partner at Benchmark.
He is a director at eBay and a partner at Benchmark, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm. In addition to eBay, Kagle sits on the board of directors for several companies including: E-Loan, Jamba Juice, Logoworks, Mint.com, Prosper, uShip, and ZipRealty. Kagle's investment in eBay is seen as his first—and biggest—success.
Peter Fenton (born July 1972) is an American venture capitalist based in Silicon Valley.He is a general partner at Benchmark, a venture capital firm.Fenton has steadily worked his way up the Forbes Midas List of the 100 top technology investors, starting at no. 94 in 2007, [1] then rising to no. 62 in 2008 [2] and no. 50 in 2009. [3]