John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins with Ryan Panchadsaram + VC Sunday School: cap table management | E1379

Summary: John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins joins to discuss his lessons from a career of investing and his new book "Speed &amp; Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now," alongside his co-author Ryan Panchadsaram. <br> <br> But first, Jason gives a 10-minute crash course on how to navigate messy cap tables in our latest VC Sunday School segment (1:54).<br> <br> Then John and Ryan join Molly and Jason for a conversation (15:11). In this episode, you will learn:<br> 1. The six objectives and four accelerants to reach zero emissions by 2050<br> 2. Why Nuclear power is an important part of the plan, but cannot be the only solution<br> 3. The biggest blockers to rapid climate progress and why "the climate crisis is under-hyped"<br> 4. Hard-won lessons from funding solar companies<br> 5. How John assesses founders and develops conviction to invest<br> 6. Indications John saw that Jeff Bezos was an exceptional entrepreneur<br> 7. Where investors should focus to drive the biggest output