YouTube’s Rick Klau Joins Google Ventures To Head Startup University

Everybody seems to be bulking up on VCs today(!); Google Ventures is also adding to its roster, bring YouTube Product Manager Rick Klau to the team as Partner, Startup University.Startup University is Google Ventures' efforts to transfer as much knowledge and as much background information as possible to its portfolio companies.It does this by providing educational opportunities like office hours, classes and everything in between with the ultimate objective of helping startups avoid stupid mistakes, "None of this is to say that we have all the answers," explains Google Ventures Partner Bill Maris "We're just saying 'This is how we've done it. And if you're going to make a mistake, make a new one.'"]]>

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