Matt Cohler is general partner at Benchmark Capital. He was previously Vice President of Strategy and Operations at Facebook, where he was leading the development of new strategic initiatives for the company. As the seventh employee at Facebook, Matt has worked with the team during many critical growth phases. Previously, Matt was Vice President and General Manager at LinkedIn, where he was a member of the founding team. Prior to LinkedIn, Matt was a consultant in McKinsey & Company's Silicon Valley office and worked in Beijing for AsiaInfo, the Chinese startup that built the infrastructure for the Internet in mainland China. Matt's writings on the startup economy have been published in Harvard Business Review. He holds a bachelor's degree with honors and distinction from Yale University.