This Entrepreneur Built Docusign Into An $11 Billion Business By Simplifying e-Signatures Court Lorenzini is a true serial entrepreneur. With several successful exits under his belt, including building one company with a market cap of over $60B, he has certainly created an impressive portfolio of startups. On the Dealmakers Show Lorenzini talked about growing up in the bay area, how to validate your startup ideas, and how long you should stay with your startup. Plus, strategies for gaining early credibility and pushing growth, and the power of knowing your future revenues Listen to the full details for lots more here. Being Born Into The Bay Area Court Lorenzini had the amazing experience of being born in Silicon Valley. His father may be one of the original founders of Silicon Valley. An angel investor and venture capitalist. The group he was a partner of would get together at each other's homes each month. They would host a dinner for the others, and then over drinks and dessert would have an entrepreneur come in and pitch them. That meant that as a child, twice a year he would get to sit in and listen to the pitches, the following debate about the investment opportunity. By the time he was in high school he had been a part of dozens of pitches and valuations by VCs. His curiosity and ambition to advance his career took him to study engineering at Duke, then onto Stanford and Berkeley. After graduating Lorenzini had the chance to move to Switzerland and work there. An experience which he still counts as one of the greatest of his life. On returning from Europe, he joined Cisco. Still a relatively young company that had recently gone public. During the time he was there managing software development they saw sales grow from $200M to $4.5B, in just four years. Making them one of the fastest growing companies in history. It was a place where he felt he could learn about management, leadership, hiring, and going fast. Building Your Portfolio Of Startups Court says…
