Mr. Jurvetson was an R&D Engineer at Hewlett-Packard, where seven of his communications chip designs were fabricated. His prior technical experience also includes programming, materials science research (TEM atomic imaging of GaAs), and computer design at HP's PC Division, the Center for Materials Research, and Mostek.

Mr. Jurvetson received his MBA from the Standford Business School where he finished his BSEE in 2.5 years and graduated #1 in his class, as the Henry Ford Scholar. He also holds an MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford.