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Juliet de Baubigny is an English businesswoman. She is a partner at the Silicon Valley venture capital company, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers.

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9 Jul, 2015

Addresses Chimehack

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Juliete de Baubigny Chimehack imageDe Baubigny addresses Chimehack2, a three-day hackathon (collaborative computer programming competition), especially organized to help spur technical solutions to issues concerning women’s safety. The event, atTwitter’s San Francisco headquarters, attracts 215 engineers, designers, project managers, and marketing experts, double the previous year.

8 Jul, 2015

Beyond Type 1 launch

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Jonas Type One Beyond imageJonas, de Baubigny, Lucas and Talbot launch Beyond Type 1, a non-profit organization dedicated to “bringing a new level of respect, understanding and support” to the global Type 1 diabetes community. Each of the founders has a personal connection to the disease: Jonas was diagnosed age 13, de Baubigny’s son was diagnosed at the age of five in 2012, Lucas’ daughter was diagnosed in 1998, age seven, and Talbot was diagnosed age 12. Lucas is the organization’s CEO. A website (http://www.beyondtype1.org/) has been set up to raise awareness. Jonas:

Nearly ten years ago my life changed dramatically when I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Since then, I learned how to manage and live well with this disease and made it my mission to speak openly about it with the hope of helping others deal with the struggles of managing diabetes in their own life. When I share my personal story, the questions I most often hear are, ‘What did you eat that gave you diabetes?’ or ‘Does that mean you were lazy as a kid?’ Although it’s been difficult to deal with the misinformation out there, I always found a way to not let the lack of knowledge surrounding diabetes affect me.  I can’t do that any longer, and that is why I’m excited to join Juliet, Sarah and Sam in BEYOND TYPE 1…With BEYOND TYPE 1, we will create a community for diabetics where they can share real-life stories about how they are living beyond Type 1 diabetes, and how they have shown that living with the disease has not slowed them down.

8 Apr, 2015

The best lesson I learned from joining a board

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In an article for Fortune, De Baubigny talks about the personal impact of becoming a board member of Bono and Bobby Shriver’s Product RED initiative:

Joining a board also shaped me as a professional in more ways than I could imagine. It tested first-hand everything that I was advising our entrepreneurs to do as they built their companies: achieve the impossible on a limited budget, hire the best (one of the best hires I have ever made was bringing in Deborah Dugan to run RED), navigate choppy regulatory waters, reshape the business model against a changing economy, and develop long-term partners. At the same time, I had the privilege of watching a team and board come together to do something truly impactful: get medicine to those who need it and, ultimately, save lives. This “night job” taught me passion, tested my skills, and pushed me to grow–all skills from which KPCB was able to benefit tremendously. Joining a board (profit or not for profit) develops all the skills above, plus time management in order not to detract from your day job. It has been an incredible learning experience and has truly inspired me.

20 Mar, 2015

Testifies in Pao case

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At Pao’s discrimination case, De Baubigny testifies that she has she has never been discriminated against at the firm, nor in her 14 years of venture experience, and that Pao is somewhat of an unpleasant complainer. She says Pao never talked to her about gender discrimination or retaliation. Describing her relationship with Pao as “mixed” she says of the company:

We feel very strongly that we have an opportunity and a responsibility on this issue [of women in tech] to do something about it. We very much want to ensure that more women build great careers

On Pao’s recruitment:

I had helped recruit Ellen to the firm. I really saw her as a person who could take her talents and apply them well. But consistently from the beginning her interpersonal relationships were troubled with many partners at the firm.

She says Pao’s quiet personality made it difficult to tell whether she had good ideas.

Ellen is an introvert. She was very quiet in meetings, so it was hard to really understand her points of view, whether she had original ideas and perspectives because she wasn’t forthcoming. And then on a one-on-one basis she could be very tough and very critical. In a small partnership it’s really important to build camaraderie, and that was difficult with Ellen.

She also rejected Pao’s testimony that she had called Ajit Nazre a sex addict.

That is completely ridiculous

Toward the end of Baubigny’s testimony, Kleiner lawyer Lynne Hermle asked her what she had meant by being “mortified” by an email Randy Komisar had posted around the firm:

I had written a blog piece for a website called Goop, about a day in the life of a working mama, and he published it around the firm and teased me about it. The website was started by the actress Gwyneth Paltrow — he was just teasing me — about things like having my hair done, all the things working women do

2 Mar, 2014

Attends Oscar party with Rupert Murdoch

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De Baubigny attends the Vanity Fair post-Oscar party with Rupert Murdoch.

Dec 2013

British Vogues: Meet the SWAGs

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The fashion magazine’s Birtish edition runs a story “High Tech Heroines: The Silicon Valley wives and girlfriends (SWAGS)” which includes de Baubigny, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and One Kings Lane founder Alison Pincus.

15 Sep, 2011

War for Talent interview

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De Baubigny talks about the “War for Talent” recruiting in Silicon Valley:

You always want to look at the right situation and really examine the fundamentals of each company, to really think about what is the fit you are trying to make. Fundamentally, what is the skill set you’re looking to bring, what are the objectives of the business, and what’s the culture.

De Baubigny Has `Confidence' Yahoo Will Find Right CEO

12 Jan, 2011

Goop: A Day in the life

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop magazine highlights de Baubigny in a feature about the daily life of busy women. In the article, de Baubigny describes her typical day (Sept 16, 2010) and gives a list of her top-10 time savers:

As a full-time working mother, wife, mother to two children (ages 6 and 3 1/2) and, as my husband will tell you, someone who likes to “do it all,” every day is a constant juggle and quest to create more time. I get up between 5:30am – 6am and quickly scan my email. Then my priority is exercise. If I can work out each day, I’m a really happy person.  I was given an amazing present of a makeup lesson with Wallet Lubrich. She taught me how to do my daily makeup in 5 minutes.

My day is packed back-to-back from the moment that I arrive until the moment that I leave. When I’m driving to a meeting, I bring a call list with me so that I can quickly return calls. On a Friday afternoon, I’m given the list of outstanding calls/topics/decisions that I need to make over the weekend. I carve out key moments during the weekend to do emails and return calls. During other windows, I turn my Blackberry off so that I can focus 100% on my children and my husband.

2011

Joins Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

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Joins Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. She works with the firm’s portfolio companies and advises them on areas of human capital, including executive leadership, recruiting, compensation, corporate governance and team-building.