jurvetson grew up in dallas, where he graduated from st. mark's school of texas. at stanford university, jurvetson finished his degree in electrical engineering in 2.5 years and graduated no. 1 in his class. he then earned an m.s. in electrical engineering and an m.b.a., also from stanford. his first job out of stanford was working as an r&d engineer at hewlett-packard (hp). after two years at hp, he moved on as a product marketer at apple and then next software.