Grace Gong

#4 Co-founder of Meritech Capital Partners Portfolio: Facebook, Salesforce, Yammer Paul Madera

 

Paul Madera – Co-founder of Meritech Capital Partners, where he focuses on late-stage investing. Meritech Capital Partners has a portfolio including Facebook, Salesforce, and Yammer. He earned his MBA from Stanford GSB. Paul has invested in SaaS financial technology, digital consumer, and medical device sectors. Paul was the Managing Director and head of the private equity group at Montgomery Securities/Bank of America, and was also an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. Before entering the VC industry, Paul served in the US Air Force as an F-16 fighter pilot.

This episode will help YOU: 

  1. Learn more about how a successful investor thinks and help you be more competitive when you are starting your own company/ fund or interviewing for a startup/ fund. 
  2. Learn more about raising a first-time fund. 
  3. Learn more about building strong relationships and partnerships with superstar investors. 
  4. Learn more about how to identify top companies like Facebook and Salesforce. 

Book mentioned: Skunk Works

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