Ted Schlein is a managing partner at Kleiner Perkins, one of the oldest, most prestigious, and most successful venture firms. Since its founding in1972, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has aimed to build "category defining companies" that will become leaders in the field, and they have backed entrepreneurs in more than 500 ventures including AOL, Google, Amazon.com, and Symantec.
Schlein, who sees every deal that matters, sits down with Platform founder Hank Williams to talk tech and discuss a wide range of topics from mobile devices to education reform to the shifting norms of technology to global investment ideologies.
From the "A Conversation With..." series at Platform Summit 2013.