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

Jan 10, 2023

31:45

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