Comments on: Accel hires Richard Wong, mobile software expert

By: In tit for tat, Accel snags Sameer Gandhi from rival Sequoia Capital » VentureBeat

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:45:06 +0000

[...] It has had 14 companies sold or gone public in two years, and added other partners, including Richard Wong, Andrew Braccia, venture partner In Sik Rhee, and executive in residence Dick [...]

By: In tit for tat, Accel snags Sameer Gandhi from rival Sequoia Capital » VentureBeat

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:45:06 +0000

[...] It has had 14 companies sold or gone public in two years, and added other partners, including Richard Wong, Andrew Braccia, venture partner In Sik Rhee, and executive in residence Dick [...]

By: Anil

Anil — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:29:00 +0000

Rich talks a good game and has the Mckinsey sheen and “strategic” insights. But what did he accomplish at Covad and OPWV except getting promoted by managing well upward. Both companies did not fare well during his time. Will be interesting to see how successful he does in the vc world.

By: Retief

Retief — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 07:40:14 +0000

Yeah Richard Wong spent 6 years at Openwave until he (and three other senior execs) got fired in August last year. In an unrelated note, here is a chart of Openwave's stock price over the last year. I'd guess the McKinsey connection is a bigger deal than either Openwave or Covad.