Aug 4
The Mindset Behind Building a Great Little Business | Brad Jacobs
This summer, I’m revisiting one of my favorite episodes. If you haven’t heard it, now is the time. If you have, it’s a classic and worth listening to again. Brad Jacobs has built eight billion-dollar companies, completed more than 500 acquisitions, and created extraordinary retur ... Show More
1h 40m
May 2024
20VC: Benchmark's Sarah Tavel on Are Foundation Models Commoditising | Why Frontier Models Will Be Closed Source | Why the Value is in the Application Layer | The Future of AI is "Selling the Work" Not the Tools
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Sarah Tavel is a General Partner @ Benchmark, one of the most successful and renowned venture firms in the world. At Benchmark, Sarah has led rounds in Chainalysis, Hipcamp, Medely, Rekki, Glide, Cambly and more. Prior to Benchmark, Sarah was a Par ... Show More
1 h
Dec 2023
The hierarchy of engagement | Sarah Tavel (Benchmark, Greylock, Pinterest)
<p><strong>Sarah Tavel</strong> is a General Partner at Benchmark and sits on the boards of Chainalysis, Hipcamp, Rekki, Cambly, and Medely. She is a founding member of All Raise, the nonprofit organization working to accelerate the success of women in the venture-capital and VC- ... Show More
1h 50m
Feb 2020
E35: "Angel" Podcast: Sarah Tavel, Partner at Benchmark shares insights on getting recruited by Peter Fenton, disrupting VC gender norms from the inside, transitioning from operator to investor & more
0:50 Jason intros Benchmark's Sarah Tavel 1:20 Aside from Slack, what other companies grew like consumer-facing but charge like enterprise? 3:19 How was Sarah recruited to Benchmark? How is Benchmark different from other major VC firms? 12:04 Limited upside of talking to the pres ... Show More
1h 33m
Nov 2024
113. Peta's business journey: her lessons and learnings
<p>In this episode, we chat with Peta Serras about her entrepreneurial journey. Peta shares the highs and lows of starting and running her business, the key lessons she’s learned along the way, and how she balances the demands of entrepreneurship with her personal life.</p><br><p ... Show More
49m 6s
Apr 2023
20VC: In AI Who Wins? Startups or Incumbents? What Happens to Wealth Inequality? Why Will $10BN+ Companies Only Have 10 People | Why Defensibility in Startups is BS & Speed is Everything? Why Large Groups Worsen Decision-Making with Sarah Guo
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Sarah Guo is the Founding Partner @ <a href= "https://sarahguo.com/about">Conviction Capital</a>, a $100M first fund purpose-built to serve "Software 3.0" companies. Prior to founding Conviction, Sarah was a General Partner at Greylock where she ma ... Show More
44m 32s
Apr 2021
80. Rebecca Liu Doyle on Being a Minority Woman in the Venture Capital Industry, Features of an Investor Bankable Business, and the Importan
In this episode, you'll hear from Rebecca Liu, a principal investor at Insight Partners focusing on areas such as high-growth software, marketplaces, and consumer internet. Rebecca shares how she went from majoring in politics and economics and working on Capitol Hill to entering ... Show More
49m 50s
Sarah Tavel has spent the past four years as a general partner at venture capital firm Benchmark, after previously serving in the same role with Greylock Partners and as the first-ever product manager at Pinterest. In this episode Shane and Sarah how studying philosophy helped in her career as a venture capitalist, the value of intellectual rigor, her concep ... Show More
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/sarahtavel">Sarah Tavel</a> is a General Partner @ <a href= "http://www.benchmark.com/">Benchmark</a>, one of the most successful funds of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Uber, Twitter, Dropbox, ... Show More
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alexa von Tobel is the founder and managing partner at Inspired Capital and former founder and CEO of Learn vest.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today's episode, we will discuss Alexa's journey to create Learn Vest and Inspired ... Show More
