Thuuz
Warren Packard is the CEO of Thuuz, a consumer platform for real-time sports discovery, tune-in and sharing. Packard is also a venture partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson. He currently serves on the Boards of EoPlex, Microfabrica and SeaMicro and leads DFJ's investments in BinOptica, Hola!, Primet Precision Materials, and YeePay.
Prior to joining DFJ, Warren co-founded Angara Database Systems, a main memory relational database company, which was acquired by Personify. Prior to co-founding Angara, he was an Associate at Institutional Venture Partners, investing in early-stage technology companies. Before IVP, Warren was a Senior Principal Engineer in the Advanced Product Development Group at Baxter International. Warren is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Stanford University and holds a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering: Smart Product Design. He received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
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Last Updated: Wed, Feb 8, 2012
| Category | Title | Author/Speaker | Organization | Length | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video | Does Your Venture Need to be Perfect? | Warren Packard | Thuuz | 01:17 | 02/2012 |
| Video | Team Versus Idea | Warren Packard | Thuuz | 01:41 | 02/2012 |
| Video | Success is Not Pre-Determined | Warren Packard | Thuuz | 02:13 | 02/2012 |
| Video | Act Globally with Partners | Warren Packard | Thuuz | 02:37 | 02/2012 |
| Video | Building Internal Culture | Warren Packard | Thuuz | 02:56 | 02/2012 |
| Video | Founder Truths and Surprises | Warren Packard | Thuuz | 04:03 | 02/2012 |
| Video | Unique Approaches to Compensation and Valuation | Warren Packard | Thuuz | 04:31 | 02/2012 |
| Podcast | Adventures of a Startup CEO: No Guts No Glory | Andrew Frame · Warren Packard | Ooma | 55:28 | 05/2007 |
| Video | Embrace Uncertainty [Entire Talk] | Warren Packard | Thuuz | 56:43 | 02/2012 |
| Podcast | Embrace Uncertainty | Warren Packard | Thuuz | 58:53 | 02/2012 |
Thuuz Co-Founder and CEO Warren Packard discusses why some ventures require greater adherence to perfection. Comparing ventures from different industries, Packard encourages entrepreneurs to embrace "the god of partial credit" as a tool, whenever possible.
Is the idea or the team more important when starting a venture? Thuuz Co-Founder Warren Packard shares why team composition has always been more valuable throughout his career. 
Co-Founder Warren Packard explains why determinism plays very little role in the success of new ventures, including his own, Thuuz.
Warren Packard believes in the startup tenet "think globally, act locally." Here the Thuuz co-founder talks about the need for solid partnerships when executing a global strategy, using Thuuz's current efforts in this area as an example.
Thuuz Co-Founder and CEO Warren Packard articulates his company's effort to build an internal culture. Among numerous factors playing an impact, Packard identifies how generational difference between employees is at the forefront of their cultural development.
Entrepreneurship "is hard work and there's no letting up," according to Thuuz Co-Founder and CEO Warren Packard. In response to an audience question, Packard shares some other "absolute truths" about entrepreneurship and relates some of the surprises he has encountered in the start-up process. 
When starting Thuuz, co-founder and CEO Warren Packard decided upon an internal economy for compensation where cash and equity were fungible. Packard also explains the logic behind raising early money at a lower valuation, in an effort to help investors make greater returns in the long run.
Warren Packard, Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Andrew Frame, CEO of Ooma, present 10 lessons for building a successful start-up. They highlight the importance of dislocating large markets, active recruiting, organizational design, board construction, alignment of vision, managing mis-hires, building for scalability, product development, intellectual capital, and mentorship in establishing a lasting enterprise that adds value in the marketplace.
Thuuz Co-Founder and CEO Warren Packard appreciates how uncertainty is a constant force in the lives of entrepreneurs. Sharing stories from his career as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Packard captures how life is a series of decisions made without complete information. He also addresses how his current venture approaches issues of funding and strategic partnerships.
Thuuz Co-Founder and CEO Warren Packard appreciates how uncertainty is a constant force in the lives of entrepreneurs. Sharing stories from his career as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Packard captures how life is a series of decisions made without complete information. He also addresses how his current venture approaches issues of funding and strategic partnerships.