E39: “Angel” Podcast: Sarah Guo, General Partner at Greylock Partners shares insights on Greylock’s “Zero to One” investment thesis, sharpening her decision-making skills, ranking team, market & product as investment criteria & the changing landscape of VC

0:52 Jason intros Greylock's Sarah Guo

3:37 How did Sarah wind up at Greylock?

5:45 Sarah explains Greylock's "Zero to One" thesis & typical term commitment of a VC

11:53 How does Sarah measure her personal performance and her portfolio's performance? What are her biggest strengths as an investor?

16:12 How does she sharpen her decision-making skills?

17:53 Ranking her investment criteria: People, Markets & Product

20:26 Balancing intensity & life outside of work, the commitment of early-stage startups

27:26 Work-life balance & how the venture landscape changed over time

35:36 Greylock's structured & what was Sarah's first investment & how did it play into her investment thesis?

43:38 Sarah's investments in work-enabling software

48:00 Sarah recommends Dylan Field of Figma join the show - episode dropping Friday!

49:22 Identifying subtle flashes of brilliance in early products

58:28 Female founders being held to a higher standard

1:02:35 Anti-portfolio: Zoom

1:10:06 Sarah turns off her virtual background and reveals her location

Release date

Lydbog: 25. marts 2020