Gurley lists five portfolio companies connecting small businesses online and reports seeing strong current interest from SMBs.
“we have a number of investments from Yelp to OpenTable to Zillow to Grubhub to UberCab, where all these companies build this technology to connect these small businesses, and we're seeing unbelievable interest from these small businesses in in being online and having an online presence.”
Gurley names Grubhub as a Benchmark investment illustrating the cloud opportunity for small business.
“Grubhub is a great example. Grubhub? You probably haven't heard of this company. It's one of our investments.”
Gurley sits on four boards where women are founders: Nextdoor, Marco Polo, Katrina, and Solve Health.
“I sit on four boards where the women are founders. Nextdoor Marco Polo, Katrina, and Heather with with Solve Health, you know.”