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John Doerr is an American venture capitalist associated with the Silicon Valley firm Kleiner Perkins, which he joined in 1980. He participated in investments in technology companies including Amazon, Google, and Netscape and served on Google's board of directors. Doerr is also closely associated with the adoption of objectives and key results, or OKRs, a goal-setting framework he learned at Intel and later introduced to organizations including Google.
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John Doerr ranks #16 of 170 in the Entrepreneur ranking, behind Pony Ma (Ma Huateng), ahead of Bob Iger.
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What was John Doerr's role in the early growth of Google?
Through Kleiner Perkins, Doerr participated in Google's early venture financing and joined its board of directors. Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital jointly invested in Google before the company became a public corporation.
What does John Doerr mean by OKRs?
OKRs are Objectives and Key Results, a framework that pairs a qualitative goal with measurable outcomes. In Measure What Matters, Doerr describes how he learned the system from Intel's Andy Grove and later introduced it to companies including Google.
Which major companies did John Doerr back through Kleiner Perkins?
His investment career is associated with technology companies including Amazon, Google, and Netscape. He joined the Silicon Valley venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins in 1980.
What is John Doerr's Speed & Scale plan about?
Speed & Scale applies goal-setting methods to climate action, with measurable objectives for cutting emissions and expanding clean technologies. The plan is presented in his book Speed & Scale rather than as a sequel to Measure What Matters.
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