Interview with Serial Entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley
1-1. "Why entrepreneurship"
Shri Dodani
Founder / Managing Partner
Ken Yasunaga
Founder / Managing Partner
Why are people attracted to entrepreneurship?
GHOVC's Founder and Managing Partner, Shri Dodani, has achieved remarkable success, having founded six companies in Silicon Valley. He sold his first company to Intel for $550 million in less than two years and later led another startup to a $1.5 billion IPO as CEO. We asked Shri Dodani, “Why did you decide to start a business?"
1-2. "How to raise funds"
How to raise money from Silicon Valley VCs
Shri Dodani, the serial entrepreneur we interviewed for this article, has successfully raised multiple rounds of funding from top-tier Silicon Valley venture capital firms, including Sequoia Capital, USVP, and NEA. Drawing from his experience, we asked him how founders can secure funding from these leading investors.
1-3."Why continue to be an entrepreneur?"
Why do you keep starting businesses over and over again?
Despite such success, why does Shri Dodani continue to start businesses? Why does he continue to take on challenges? In this session, we will explore these questions.
1-4."Why a serial entrepreneur from Silicon Valley is now running a VC in Japan"
Japanese startups have the ingredients for big success Shri Dodani regularly receives offers from Silicon Valley VCs to join as a partner or to lead new startups as CEO. So why did he choose, instead, to become a venture capitalist focused on investing in Japanese startups?