I met Kathryn Gould longer ago than either of us want to admit. Kathryn has been the founding VP of Marketing of Oracle, a successful recruiter, a world class Venture Capitalist, a co-founder of a Venture Capital firm, a great board member, one of my mentors and most importantly a wonderful friend. During her career she made a big point of not telling you: she was one of the first women Venture Capitalist's in Silicon Valley (along with M.J. Elmore and Ann Winblad) - "I'm just a VC." Or one of the first women co-founders of a VC firm - "I co-founded a great firm." She was twice as smart and just as tough as the guys. She has been a mentor and role model not just for a generation of women VC's and CEO's but for all VC's and CEO's - and I'm honored to have been one of them.
