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b"'The best founders are intentional around product,' says John Lilly, Partner at Greylock and former CEO at Mozilla. \\u2018It\\u2019s about how you understand user needs and be intentional about matching those needs, figuring out what people really truly need, and building the right thing for that.'\\n\\nJohn joined Greylock as a partner in 2011, leading their investments in Dropbox, Tumblr and Instagram. Prior to Greylock, John was CEO of Mozilla - the organization behind Firefox, the open source Web browser used by more than 450 million people. John also co-founded Reactivity, an enterprise security infrastructure company acquired by Cisco in 2007, where he served as founding CEO and later CTO. Earlier in his career, John held positions on the executive team at Trilogy Software and as a Senior Scientist in Apple\\u2019s research labs.\\n\\nSpeaking to Seedcamp partner Carlos Espinal, John discusses the evolution of his views around product intentionality and the importance of putting users first. He discusses his transition from product, technology and operationally focused roles at Reactivity and Mozilla, to investment.\\n\\nAt the early stage, he argues, venture capital is about betting on founding leadership teams and vision. 'In consumer internet especially you just learn this profound humility because you just can\\u2019t figure out things a priori'.\\n\\nLearn more about how Firefox was scaled from 3% to 25% of web browser users, why it is sensible to prioritise user needs, and why the position of COO will always be amorphous.\\n\\nShow notes: \\nCarlos Medium: sdca.mp/2entVR3\\nSeedcamp: www.seedcamp.com\\nGreylock: www.greylock.com\\nMozilla: www.mozilla.org\\n\\nRelated bio links: \\nCarlos: linkedin.com/in/carloseduardoespinal / twitter.com/cee\\nRobin: linkedin.com/in/johnlilly / twitter.com/johnolilly"