Bill Bryant Biography

Before the word entrepreneur had entered the vernacular William (Bill) Bryant knew in junior high that he wanted to work on his own projects. He imported sunglasses with tiny AM radio earpieces raised exotic tropical fish and created a line of fishing lure earrings while keeping copious lists of ideas to pursue. Fortunately he encountered software in the 1980s and then the Internet in the 1990s leading to founding roles with Visio (Microsoft) Netbot (Excite) Qpass (Amdocs) and Medio (Nokia).
His thesis as an investor is simple: start with an audacious change the world idea that can attract and inspire an amazing team for the long haul. Even if the big idea doesn't quite succeed the fallback position is often fruitful.
From experience Bill knows what it takes to succeed and that even the most successful startup isn't on a straight line path. He's had instrumental roles in more than 25 leading software internet mobile and digital media companies as a founder senior executive investor and board member. Today he serves on the boards of Chef Pro.com Remitly Xealth and Yellowbrick; with recent exits at Bright Computing Ping Identity (Vista Equity) Reflect Z2live (King) and Varolii. Prior to joining DFJ he was an active angel investor in Socrata Swype Liquid Planner Limeade Sensors in Motion and Winshuttle as well as two companies that went public Isilon Systems and Loudeye.

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