David Belden is an executive talent partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz where he helps portfolio companies hire sales, marketing, and customer success leaders. Prior to a16z, David was a sales leader with a proven track record of coaching teams to measurable success via a metrics driven approach. He has led teams to exceed quotas in enterprise sales, field sales, inside sales, and vendor sales channels, selling to large enterprise companies and SMB’s. David’s coaching style of empowering reps and managers, makes him a unique and well respected leader. David also enjoys mentoring and career coaching and was selected to be one of Google's "Career Gurus" and ultimately an executive coach. He has grown sales teams from scratch, defined sales processes, and mentored and coached teams to success, often working with cross functional business partners to drive efficiency and grow revenue. He’s thrived in young start-ups, as well as at industry leaders like Google, excelling in fast paced and ever changing environments. David has spent time at Salesforce.com, Wildfire, Google, and even co-founded and ran his own company, Residential Solar 101, after attending business school. David has a degree in Philosophy from Dartmouth College and a MBA from Stanford University. When he’s not at work, David can usually be found on a mountain bike in the Marin Headlands or swing dancing with his wife in San Francisco.