John Doerr, Google Board Member

I find this information interesting:

The following may be found at http://www.kpcb.com/team/doerr2.html as a continuation of the bio of John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

FAVORITE BOOKS

A World Lit Only By Fire, William Manchester

Banker to the Poor, Muhammad Yunnus

The World Is Flat, Thomas Friedman

Good to Great, Jim Collins

How to Change the World, David Bornstein

RECENT READING

Einstein, Walter Isaacson

Flu, Gina Kolata

“DON’T MISS” MEDIA

Thomas Friedman’s columns

Charlie Rose

Silicon Beat

PRIORITY

“Family First”

HERO(es)

Mom and Dad

Bill Campbell

Bill Joy

FOR FUN

Kids' stuff (trampolines and rock concerts), cycling, hiking, skiing, photography, surfing (the web), traveling, reading, music and messing around with computers/technology

MESSAGES THAT INSPIRE

“Where you live should not decide… whether you live or whether you die.”

-- Bono

“I strongly believe that we can create a poverty-free world, if we want to.... In that kind of world, [the] only place you can see poverty is in the museum.”

-- Muhammed Yunus

“ [Green's] opponents... named it liberal, tree-hugging, girly-man, sissy, unpatriotic, vaguely French… I’ve been trying to redefine green as the most capitalistic, patriotic, geostrategic, pro-american... green IS the new red, white and blue.”

-- Tom Friedman

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”

-- Margaret Mead