Winning with Data

Acknowledgments

Thank you to my darling wife, Casey, who inspired this adventure and who sacrificed holidays, evenings, and weekends to make this book, and most everything else in our wonderful adventure together possible. Thank you also to my two boys, Henry and Thibaut, who came into my office to ask why I was working and invited me to play with their wooden train set instead. Dr. Richard McDonald and Corinne McDonald inspired new chapters and new subjects whenever the inevitable writer's block set in. My parents, my sisters and brother, for their tireless support.

At Looker: Lloyd Tabb, founder of Looker, and mentor to many, who chose Redpoint as his Series A investor. Thank you for taking a risk on me. Jen Grant took copious, helpful notes, suggested brilliant titles, and always supplied much-needed enthusiasm. Kelly Payne's encyclopedic knowledge of Looker's customers and case studies will never be replicated. Frank Bien, my co-author and literary partner.

The Redpoint team supported this effort enormously. First, Geoff Yang, who hired and trained me, the greenest person ever to join a venture capital firm. Second, Tim Haley and Jeff Brody, who championed our initial coinvestments. John Walecka, Satish Dharamarj, Scott Raney, Chris Moore, Ryan Sarver, and Jamie Davidson have provided friendship, guidance, and advice along the way. Hadley Wilkins tirelessly tuned the marketing and positioning. Natalie Bartlett selflessly volunteered to document the citations and read the ...