John Lilly
Greylock Partners
Greylock Partners
Prior to joining Greylock in 2011, Mr. Lilly was CEO of Mozilla, the organization behind Firefox, an open source Web browser used by more than 450 million people. He also co-founded Reactivity, an enterprise security infrastructure company acquired by Cisco in 2007, where he served as founding CEO and later CTO.
He is currently on the Board of Directors of Citrus Lane, Clearslide, Code for America, Mozilla Corporation, and the Participatory Culture Foundation. He is a board observer at Tumblr, lead's Greylock's investment in Dropbox, and led the investment in Instagram. He is a co-inventor on seven United States patents.
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Last Updated: Mon, Jan 7, 2013
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| Category | Title | Author/Speaker | Organization | Length | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Podcast | White Space is Everywhere | John Lilly | Greylock | 01:00:21 | 01/2013 |
| Video | White Space is Everywhere [Entire Talk] | John Lilly | Greylock | 58:29 | 01/2013 |
| Video | Three Rules for Entrepreneurs | John Lilly | Greylock | 03:18 | 01/2013 |
| Video | Joining the Software Revolution | John Lilly | Greylock | 02:31 | 01/2013 |
| Video | An Amazing Act of Leadership | John Lilly | Greylock | 02:53 | 01/2013 |
| Video | Best Accident of My Career | John Lilly | Greylock | 02:39 | 01/2013 |
| Video | Realities of Consumer Internet at Scale | John Lilly | Greylock | 03:59 | 01/2013 |
| Video | What Will You Create in White Space? | John Lilly | Greylock | 02:16 | 01/2013 |
| Video | Context Switching is Not Easy | John Lilly | Greylock | 01:16 | 01/2013 |
| Video | The Virtue of Hard Situations | John Lilly | Greylock | 02:21 | 01/2013 |
Entrepreneur and investor John Lilly makes a sound pitch for why this moment in time is full of promise for passionate entrepreneurs willing to charge into the current white space of opportunity. Lilly also explains the idiosyncratic nature of investors and the goal of creating large, durable companies with the capacity to change the world.
Entrepreneur and investor John Lilly makes a sound pitch for why this moment in time is full of promise for passionate entrepreneurs willing to charge into the current white space of opportunity. Lilly also explains the idiosyncratic nature of investors and the goal of creating large, durable companies with the capacity to change the world.
Venture capitalist John Lilly expresses three rules for entrepreneurs to consider: make things for as long as you can, find a tribe of people you really want to collaborate with, and do work that makes your soul sing.
Investor and entrepreneur John Lilly shares how he became interested in human computer interaction at Stanford, and the moment he was inspired by the thoughts of entrepreneur Mitch Kapor, who championed software design to make us fundamentally more human in our interactions with technology.
Venture capitalist John Lilly reflects on his time at Apple during trying economic times and shares a story of bold leadership by the late Steve Jobs.
Venture capitalist John Lilly shares how he was drawn to the role of leading Mozilla, the organization behind the Firefox browser. Rather than seeking to dominate the market, Lilly explains why he and the organization were driven to create a more competitive market. He also shares the moment when he knew he had to join the effort.
Venture capitalist John Lilly articulates the realities of having success at scale in the consumer Internet space. He shares illuminating facts on the frequency of success, and the secret sauce of companies that leverage network effects and distribution advantages. Lilly also offers a valuable explanation of the difference between product "virality" and word-of-mouth buzz.
Believing that we are exiting the "dark ages of computing," investor and entrepreneur John Lilly issues a challenge to technology entrepreneurs in this era of chaos: What will you create in the white space of opportunity that lies ahead?
Venture capitalist John Lilly discusses managing the daily challenge of context switching between activities, including the attempt to "live out of your outbox rather than your inbox," while still remaining responsive to those who need your help.
On finding team members to work with, investor John Lilly paraphrases Warren Buffet: "You look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you." Lilly also expresses the importance of placing yourself in hard situations that allow you to learn.