Brian Bendett
Partner
Early in my career I worked for the White House Council of Economic Advisors. I loved being at the forefront of economic issues, examining the fringe edges of policy on both a macro and granular level. When you’re in new terrain, there's a temptation to make things fit with the way it has always been in the past, but the future doesn’t have to look like anything that came before. While some fundamental patterns don’t often change, it’s risky to only rely on pattern matching the future with the past. Founders with a nuanced understanding of a market and a broad perspective on where it's headed are often the ones most successful at creating a first-principled approach for how to move innovation in it forward.
Brian is a partner on the GV investing team focusing on investments in platforms, machine learning, and infrastructure.
Prior to joining GV, Brian managed projects at Google across people operations, finance, marketing, and corporate development. In a former life, Brian worked in private equity and spent time in Washington D.C. supporting the White House Council of Economic Advisers and the Office of the Vice President.
Brian is from West Hartford, Connecticut and graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University with a degree in economics.
Early in my career I worked for the White House Council of Economic Advisors. I loved being at the forefront of economic issues, examining the fringe edges of policy on both a macro and granular level. When you’re in new terrain, there's a temptation to make things fit with the way it has always been in the past, but the future doesn’t have to look like anything that came before. While some fundamental patterns don’t often change, it’s risky to only rely on pattern matching the future with the past. Founders with a nuanced understanding of a market and a broad perspective on where it's headed are often the ones most successful at creating a first-principled approach for how to move innovation in it forward.
