I met Jeff at foo camp 06, and felt very privileged to be able to do so. When I was much younger and doing my first startup, Jeff’s management style was something I wanted to emulate, and treating my employees with kindness and trusting them to do good work was something that I’d seen Jeff do with his employees.

Seeing Jeff and his hunger to learn about what people are doing, and his eagerness to share ideas and participate when others might not expect him to has reinforced my respect for him.