I think it has been because people are uncomfortable with that. If a person talks sternly, intensely to their troops, a man doing that would be inspirational and holding the line. I think we need to be holding people to the same standard. And i've spoken like that to people. People were like, wild jason's got a high standard. You'd better bring it. They call women to dismiss them. It's ridiculous. O ki, we always like to wrap up with te the anti portfolio. Tell us a company you didn't invest with, and that you go, oh my god, what a mistake. What a mistake. Oh, how did i not make that?
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