Heidi Roizen, Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist

Today, my guest is Heidi Roizen, an Operating Partner with the venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) where she provides strategic advice to the firm's portfolio companies, manages the internal services team and helps to identify new investment opportunities.

Heidi was the co-founder and CEO of T/Maker Company, a developer and publisher of consumer software, which was acquired by Deluxe Corporation in 1994. Heidi has also been the VP of World Wide Developer Relations for Apple Computer and Managing Director of Mobius Venture Capital.

She currently co-leads the Entrepreneurial Leaders Fellowship program in the Stanford Technology Ventures Group and is on the board of DMGT (LSE:DMGT), Zoox and ShareThis. Heidi holds an undergraduate degree from Stanford University (1980) and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business (1983).