Aug 18, 2014
Dave Goldberg is the Chief Executive Officer of SurveyMonkey, the leading provider of online survey solutions. Dave has been a successful entrepreneur, investor, and technology and music industry executive.
Dave founded LAUNCH Media Inc. in 1994, which delivered music and music-related content online, and he led the company through its acquisition by Yahoo! in 2001. Following the sale, Dave served as Vice President and General Manager of Yahoo! Music where he built it into the Internet’s most-visited music destination. In 2006, Dave was named one of Billboard Magazine’s top power players in digital music.
Currently, Dave serves on the board of directors at Washington Post, Ancestry.com, Dashbox and the non-profit New Schools Venture Fund. In this interview Dave talks about skills that every entrepreneur should have, what venture capitalists look for in entrepreneurs, and how to scale your life with your startup.