Philippe Bouissou
With 25 years of experience in Silicon Valley, Philippe has held CEO and executive positions in several companies. As a Venture Capitalist, he successfully invested $43M and generated double-digit IRR. He led dozens of management-consulting projects and served on the board of 14 companies.
Prior to Blue Dots, Philippe co-founded and was Executive Chairman of evenVoice, a mobile real-time consumer empowerment company and Executive Board Member of Pave, a peer-to-peer funding platform for Millenniums.
For over half a decade, Philippe co-managed the Milestone Group, a management consulting firm serving over 220 Clients. Before Milestone, Philippe was General Partner for seven years with two venture capital firms: Allegis Capital ($500M under management) and Ventech ($200M under management). Prior to being a Venture Capitalist, Philippe created and was Director of the Worldwide Internet Commerce group at Apple where he founded and managed the online Apple Store and grew its revenue from zero to $350M. Before joining Apple, Philippe was Senior VP at Matra Hachette Multimedia, where he led US business development for electronic publishing for the $12 billion, high-tech and diversified media company. He previously founded and was the CEO of G2i, Inc. a Unix software company that was later acquired by Matra.
Philippe graduated from Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris and holds a Bachelor Degree in Mathematics, a Master degree in Physics and a Ph.D. in chaos theory.
Posts by Philippe Bouissou
The six models of growth
In the business world where markets are rapidly changing, top-line growth is critical for survival…
Why you have to be crazy to start a company…
Startups are very dynamic, nimble and aggressive. It is not uncommon in Silicon Valley to witness…
Three lessons I learned from Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs is by far the most fascinating person I have ever worked with. He was driven, focus and hyper demanding. He taught me valuable lessons I still use today…
Growing the top line: a puzzling puzzle
Achieving business alignment is a complex puzzle that often eludes even the most experienced management teams. Solving that puzzle is…
Newton – A perfect A2 misalignment for Apple
Apple does not always get it right. Here is an illustration of a disastrous…
How companies lose alignment
Companies lose their alignment along two different scenarios: unforced and forced…
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