Craftsman Founder With Lucas Carlson And Eliot Peper

Many founders hope to one day take their company public on the stock market and have it be worth over $1B+ in market cap. To Dave Hersh, this dream is a reality with Jive Software, a company he founded and lead for 8 years and through 3 different business models. Dave also happens to be one of my personal mentors and friends. This week we have the honor of interviewing Dave, who runs a brilliant startup blog and often talks about founder's impatience. I ask Dave many tough and interesting questions this week like: You were involved with Jive for 8 years and stepped out right before it went public. Can you tell us why? What did you learn about work/life balance? Can you tell us about any bad startup ideas you had before Jive and how you knew Jive was different? What are the top 3 most common mistakes that you see startup founders make? What’s the best piece of advice you have ever received about starting companies? A few years ago, you became a Venture Capitalist with the top VC firm Andreessen H