“James excels at thinking about users to identify problems they need solved. His entrepreneurial spirit draws from personal experience, research, and friendly 1:1 conversations to get to the heart of a problem and come up with a vision of how to solve it. Once he has an idea in mind, he iterates to find something that works in practice (not always the first idea) as well as following through with strong execution in each step to bring his idea into reality. In working with James at Google, I've had the pleasure to work with him first-hand to help our clients use our products in unique, previously unthought-of ways. It ended up being just what they needed.”
James Kissell
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James Kissell is a partner on the Go-to-Market Team at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a…
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We at Andreessen Horowitz think AI will transform sales and make way for the next generation of sales tech. 🤖 AI will compel us to fundamentally…
We at Andreessen Horowitz think AI will transform sales and make way for the next generation of sales tech. 🤖 AI will compel us to fundamentally…
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After 5 years at Pinterest, 8 years at Walmart, 7 years at eBay, 9 years at Bay Networks/SynOptics Communications (plus a sprinkle of interesting…
After 5 years at Pinterest, 8 years at Walmart, 7 years at eBay, 9 years at Bay Networks/SynOptics Communications (plus a sprinkle of interesting…
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Happy personal news: I’ve joined the Pear VC investing team as a Visiting Partner, focusing on pre-seed and seed-stage companies. Why Pear? A…
Happy personal news: I’ve joined the Pear VC investing team as a Visiting Partner, focusing on pre-seed and seed-stage companies. Why Pear? A…
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Last week, I had the incredible opportunity to speak at Google’s annual ISV Forum for Global Sales & Partner Executives in NYC, sharing Glean's…
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[New Post] How Generative AI Is Remaking UI/UX Design w/ Jennifer Li Generative UI/UX sits at an unique intersection where training data, model…
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Thank you All Raise. It was an incredible journey to grow with a lot of women together through All Raise, whom I’m still in touch with like Julia…
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Big news! After nearly 7 awesome years as CTO at Mattel, Inc., it’s time for me to say goodbye. This job has been a blast—definitely the most fun…
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