Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Chi-Hua Chien joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 2007. At KPCB he focuses on investments in the iFund (mobile applications), consumer internet, and digital media infrastructure. As a Board Director or observer, he works closely with the teams at Booyah, Chegg, Lockerz, Reputation Defender, and Working Equity.
Prior to KPCB, Chi-Hua worked with Accel Partners as a Venture Advisor and Associate focusing on software as a service, consumer Internet, and online advertising infrastructure. Chi-Hua originated Accel's investments in Facebook and AdECN (acquired by MSFT), while also working on the firm's investments in AdMob, BitTorrent, fbFund, Glam, Trulia, and YuMe Networks.
Previously, Chi-Hua was the Director of Marketing at Coremetrics (acquired by IBM), where he led the marketing and inside sales teams as the company grew from 20 to more than 200 customers. He also served as the company's interim CFO through two rounds of venture funding. Chi-Hua's prior roles include corporate development at Google, business development at start-up eCoverage, and investment banking with Morgan Stanley's Technology Group.
Chi-Hua has an MS in Industrial Engineering, a BS in Industrial Engineering, and a BA in Economics, all from Stanford University where he was named a Mayfield Fellow and President's Scholar. He also earned an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
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Last Updated: Fri, Sep 17, 2010
Daniel Ek, founder of digital music service, Spotify, is driven by a desire to solve interesting problems. In this fascinating lecture, moderated by KPCB's Chi-Hua Chien, Ek shares his thoughts on leadership, collaboration, and a laser-focus on building truly great products.
In conversation with KPCB's Chi-Hua Chien, Dan Rosensweig, CEO of textbook rental company Chegg, speaks about his professional history within Yahoo!, ZDNet, and Guitar Hero, and shares insights on business in the dot-com trenches. Rosensweig offers his perspective on the evolution of the online media and advertising industries. Additionally, Rosensweig encourages entrepreneurs-to-be to "bet on the inevitable" as they explore their passions and the growing future of online services.
Daniel Ek, founder of digital music service, Spotify, is driven by a desire to solve interesting problems. In this fascinating lecture, moderated by KPCB's Chi-Hua Chien, Ek shares his thoughts on leadership, collaboration, and a laser-focus on building truly great products.
Spotify Co-Founder Daniel Ek explains the big goal behind Spotify, in response to a question from KPCB venture capitalist Chi-Hua Chien. Ek articulates Spotify's goal to create a social music service that was more attractive than piracy for consumers that also allowed the music industry to grow.
Spotify Co-Founder Daniel Ek explains his approach to building products to solve problems, with KPCB venture capitalist Chi-Hua Chien. Ek credits his engineering background and the ability to test product iterations as key components in his approach. He also discusses the importance of streamlined user interfaces, the opportunity to leverage global platforms to reach audiences at scale, and being selective in addressing the right customer use cases.
In conversation with KPCB venture capitalist Chi-Hua Chien, Spotify Co-Founder Daniel Ek offers his vision of the future, and shares some of technologies he sees as ripe for entrepreneurial opportunities in the coming years. Ek is particularly interested in the growing data that will be available as sensors become more common in smart products and devices.
In conversation with KPCB's Chi-Hua Chien, Dan Rosensweig, CEO of textbook rental company Chegg, speaks about his professional history within Yahoo!, ZDNet, and Guitar Hero, and shares insights on business in the dot-com trenches. Rosensweig offers his perspective on the evolution of the online media and advertising industries. Additionally, Rosensweig encourages entrepreneurs-to-be to "bet on the inevitable" as they explore their passions and the growing future of online services.
Chegg CEO and seasoned Silicon Valley executive Dan Rosensweig discusses the dawn of working in the Internet age to a Stanford audience who has never lived without the Internet. His tales from the trenches include the overwhelm he first experienced when voicemail, a fax machine, and 14 emails entered his inbox, and the crushing pain of failed stock options as the bubble burst. For those who did not experience the Internet boom of the 1990s and the bust of 2000, this historical perspective offers first-person insights.
Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig talks about the tremendous expansion of the Internet when he worked for Yahoo! (as COO 2002-2006). After working in publishing for many years, it became clear to him that print media, radio, and television were on the decline as the Web was on the rise. Despite the fact that the dot-com economy had all but buckled, user numbers continued to grow during this period, and Rosensweig knew that it was just a matter of time until the business model caught up to user demand.
Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig, formerly the COO of Yahoo!, discusses how Google supplanted Yahoo! as the leading desktop search engine during the mid-2000s. Rosensweig points out Yahoo! served many products to many people, and that in contrast, Google created one great tool for a much wider audience. He discusses Google's initial strategy to be unconcerned with search as a revenue stream, and to focus instead developing a better search product - a key to their eventual desktop search success.
Dan Rosensweig, former COO of Yahoo! and current CEO of Chegg, speaks about the value of acquisitions for organizations who face operational pressures that can inhibit internal invention. Yahoo! bought other companies for either their team or their technology, but the ultimate goal of any acquisition on their radar was to use it as a magnet for broader advertising sales. 
A billion dollars were on the table, but still Facebook refused to sell itself to Yahoo!. In this clip, Yahoo!'s then COO (and current Chegg CEO) Dan Rosensweig discusses the deal that he failed to seal, and what that path has meant for both Facebook and Yahoo!. Rosensweig also discusses every great entrepreneur's reluctance to be acquired.
It's better for a CEO to describe success than to prescribe the exact methods employees must use to achieve it. This is done, says Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig, by establishing a company vision and sharing it often with employees. He advises to not think in terms of business models, but rather to reframe the questions to ensure your company is thinking big enough. Then, hire people willing to be part of a team that will be integral to this vision.
Dan Rosensweig worked with a number of industry leaders before becoming the CEO of Chegg, and his experience taught him to recognize practices of successful leadership. He suggests that aspiring entrepreneurs think big and optimistically. Solve problems, but don't whine about them. Surround yourself with people smarter than yourself, and give them the freedom to execute, trusting them to course-correct as they learn and improve. A great CEO doesn't need to be the smartest person in the room, states Rosensweig; they just need to know where to find an expert on any subject.
The way to find a career that you love is not to think of it as a job, says Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig. He also offers many relevant insights. Follow your natural passions and inclinations and the work will simply follow. Work with people you trust, and give them everything you have. Don't concern yourself with the road not taken - but when you approach a perceived dead end, step away from the organization professionally. To find true enrichment from your work, start over and try again.