Kevin Efrusy will one day go down in the history books as the venture capitalist smart enough to recognize Facebook for what it was--not just a childish diversion, but a potential business powerhouse. As a member of vaunted Silicon Valley firm Accel Partners, Efrusy has gone on to make other bets on social companies, and in 2009, he co-authored a white paper on the rise of the social web, stating that Facebook and Twitter were presaging “a fundamental disruption” in many other categories of Internet-based businesses.
Today, Efrusy, whom Fortune dubbed one of “8 Rising VC Stars,” calls the social web the “substrate” on which a slew of new businesses will be built--and which will prompt existing businesses to retool, just as legacy businesses retooled to take advantage of the Web. Fast Company caught up with Efrusy to find out more.
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Author: E.B. Boyd
