Seed to Harvest NEA Partner Ann Bordetsky on Beginning Angel Investing, Main Decision Frameworks in Evaluating Companies, and Her Thoughts on the Future of Twitter | Seed To Harvest Ep45
Today, I’m joined by Ann Bordetsky, a Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Ann has helped build some of Silicon Valley's most iconic technology companies, such as Rival Inc, which was acquired by Ticketmaster in 2020 and has served in operator roles at Uber, Twitter, and several mobility startups. She uses her operator superpowers to help visionary founders design and grow their companies to scale. She's also been an active angel investor in many female founders.
Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.
00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Ann Bordetsky
05:02 Making Tough Decisions
10:05 More constraints will lead to greater efficiency
14:06 Ann's favorite books
20:19 Journey to joining NEA
25:58 Maintaining engagement and trust
Show notes:
Ann Bordetsky | https://twitter.com/annbordetsky
NEA | https://www.nea.com/
Rival Inc | https://www.linkedin.com/company/rival-inc/
Uber | https://www.uber.com/
Let My People Go Surfing | https://www.amazon.com/Let-People-Surfing-Education-Businessman/dp/0143037838
Shoe Dog | https://www.amazon.com/Shoe-Dog-Phil-Knight/dp/1508211809
The Hard Things About Hard Things | https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Ben-Horowitz-ebook/dp/B00DQ845EA
The Originals | https://www.amazon.com/Originals-How-Non-Conformists-Move-World/dp/014312885X
Elpha | https://elpha.com/
Luke Pappas | https://twitter.com/luke_pappas