Ann Winblad
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Ann L. Winblad is a partner of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.
. She learned "that patience and focus is a very good balance with overall efficiency; and that’s served me well as an entrepreneur."
, she co-founded the venture capital firm Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.
To be a successful venture capitalist, she says, "we have to look at the glass as half full….we have to slurp up that Kool-Aid for an instant, but we can’t get addicted."
Early years
Ann L. Winblad was born on November 1, 1950 in Red Wing, MinnesotaRed Wing, Minnesota
Red Wing is a city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States, on the Mississippi River. The population was 16,459 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Goodhue County....
. She learned "that patience and focus is a very good balance with overall efficiency; and that’s served me well as an entrepreneur."
Career
In 1989 with John HummerJohn Hummer
John Hummer is a venture capitalist and retired professional basketball player who was an original member of the Buffalo Braves after starring for the Princeton Tigers men's basketball team...
, she co-founded the venture capital firm Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.
To be a successful venture capitalist, she says, "we have to look at the glass as half full….we have to slurp up that Kool-Aid for an instant, but we can’t get addicted."
Honors
- Upside Magazine 100 most influential people in the digital age
- Vanity Fair top 50 leaders of the New Establishment
- Business Week top 25 power brokers in the Silicon Valley
- SVForum Visionary Award