Grit (Kleiner Perkins)
She Sold Her Startup for $500 Million, Here’s Her Next Idea
AI Summary
In this episode, Brynn Putnam discusses how her personal frustration with screen‑driven family disconnection inspired Board, a face‑to‑face gaming console designed to reunite families, and reflects on her previous ventures like Mirror that also emerged from personal needs. She emphasizes her strategic advantage of distilling ideas to their core essentials, enabling rapid product development and market fit. Putnam also shares insights on navigating post‑exit life, the importance of purpose‑driven entrepreneurship, and how she envisions Board reshaping social interaction in a hyper‑digital world.
Why It Matters
Board tackles growing concerns over screen fatigue by reviving in‑person play, opening a new revenue stream in consumer hardware. Its backing by a top VC underscores investor confidence in hardware solutions that prioritize human connection.
Episode Description
Screens have pulled families apart.
Brynn Putnam set out to bring them back together with Board, the world’s ‘first face-to-face game console.’
On Grit, she tells Joubin Mirzadegan how every venture she’s built, including Mirror, started as a personal need, and how her true edge is the ability to strip an idea down to what actually matters.
Guest: Brynn Putnam, founder and CEO of Board
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Email: grit@kleinerperkins.com
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Show Notes
Screens have pulled families apart. Brynn Putnam set out to bring them back together with Board, the world’s ‘first face-to-face game console.’On Grit, she tells Joubin Mirzadegan how every venture she’s built, including Mirror, started as a personal need, and how her true edge is the ability to strip an idea down to what actually matters. Guest: Brynn Putnam, founder and CEO of BoardConnect with Brynn Putnam
Connect with Joubin
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Email: grit@kleinerperkins.com
Learn more about Kleiner Perkins
Creators and Guests
Host
Joubin Mirzadegan
Partner, Kleiner Perkins
Guest
Brynn Putnam
Founder and CEO of Board
What is Grit?
Grit explores what it takes to create, build, and scale world-class organizations. It features weekly episodes highlighting the leaders who are pushing their companies to make a difference. This series is hosted by Joubin Mirzadegan, go to market operating partner at Kleiner Perkins, a venture capital firm investing in history-making founders.
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