Is There a Difference Between Female and Male Venture Capital Firms?

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I think, i think that a what is acceptable in the public eye has changed, which is really important. Five years ago, you could be an oil male firm and do business, and it was business as usual. And now if you didn't, you literally would have people not want to come pitcher firm like this. I think that's a huge step forward. Ye, it's major progress. Let's go through your portfolio. Wut it would of you. You've been to bet you've been writing cheques for two years. A total agreement, i would say. The arc of history has changed dramatically for the last year or two. We're very early on that road

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