investor atre an greylock, but you have also been involved in a company called gladly. a big idea in customer service? >> if you think about the 21st century consumer and the way we communicate with friends, that is not the way we communicate with companies. we are always on every channel, communicating, e-mailing. companies are using technology that was developed 10, 20, 30 years ago that focuses on the idea of cases and tickets. the anachronistic from early 1900s hospitals where they took your case file and attached it to the bed. that is not the way we expect companies to talk to us. we are trying to reinvent the idea around people at the center, not cases or tickets. so that when you are having a conversation with a company, -- aus ingle conversation single conversation. it can enable the agents to have , knowledgeable conversation. i see you are calling about this reservation or this purchase. it's reinventing the conversation. atly: we see this happening kleiner's and general catalyst. what is the process like? history atthat greylock where we are either incubatin

is that a win for linkedin or for greylock? >> we are no longer investors, full disclosure.tive, it's a great combination. microsoft's role in work and productivity and linkedin's role as a network of professionals, i think we will see good things come out of it. emily: all right. i will look forward to having you change my customer service experience. thank you for stopping by. coming up, he is a rock star of the product world, now turning attention to a software that is rocking is business communication. ♪ ♪ emily: two stocks we are watching after reporting earnings. adobe seeing record revenue and year of 20%. despite this, shares are taking a hit after hours, down 4% among signals that momentum for cloud-based products is slowing down. in the meantime, the company is reaffirming full-year guidance. another story we are watching, slack, the business communication platform that has rocketed into our offices continues to grow. the company has 3 million daily active weekday users. it is looking to build a base of corporate customers, and now the platform itself is expanding

example, at greylock, we don't have a particular time frame.o we think we have a good what folio could basket and delete race the next fund. i do not think that is a challenge at all. i think it is part of the wisdom of the market. emily: what is happening with in companies right now? you said there was a pause in hiring. said people were getting laid off, is there a reckoning happening? is iti think what happens is not a smooth curve with these entrepreneurial bubbles. that means that there are corrections. corrections on company sales, sometimes they resize, and that is part of planning for long-term. that is part of, we over anticipated how fast next year would be and we will correct. that is part of what makes it hard and part of good business judgment. famed reid hoffman, chaparro capitalist, great to have you here. -- famed entrepreneurial capitalist, great to have you here. back to you. thelet: let's start with headlines on bloomberg first word news. we will check in with mark crumpton. citizens today are voting in a referendum on the co