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Grace Gong
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Host Grace Gong talks to the most influential people in business, venture capital, and tech. From executives to billionaire founders, Grace helps you get smarter one episode at the time.
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Oct 8, 2020 • 27min
#31 VP of Lyft Loni Mahanta (Part2) Topic: Career development from law to tech
#031 Loni Mahanta is the VP of Policy Development and Research at Lyft. Loni was recruited onto the Policy team by Lyft's Chief Policy Officer and former Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx to drive strategy for the business's core policy issue, from labor policy and safety, to privacy and sustainability. Prior to that, Loni reported directly to co-founder and president John Zimmer after architecting an industry-leading initiative called "Future of Work" which focused on innovations in labor policy, portable benefits and worker protections for gig workers. Loni joined Lyft in its earliest days, leading all labor and employment-related issues facing Lyft on Lyft's Legal team. Prior to Lyft, she worked at several law firms as a commercial litigator. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube Join the SVP fam with your host Grace Gong. In each episode, we are going to have conversations with some of the top investors, super star founders, as well as well known tech executives in the silicon valley. We will have a coffee chat with them to learn their ways of thinking and actionable tips on how to build or invest in a successful company.

Oct 5, 2020 • 25min
#30 VP of Lyft Loni Mahanta (Part1) Topic: Career development from law to tech
#030 Loni Mahanta is the VP of Policy Development and Research at Lyft. Loni was recruited onto the Policy team by Lyft's Chief Policy Officer and former Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx to drive strategy for the business's core policy issue, from labor policy and safety, to privacy and sustainability. Prior to that, Loni reported directly to co-founder and president John Zimmer after architecting an industry-leading initiative called "Future of Work" which focused on innovations in labor policy, portable benefits and worker protections for gig workers. Loni joined Lyft in its earliest days, leading all labor and employment-related issues facing Lyft on Lyft's Legal team. Prior to Lyft, she worked at several law firms as a commercial litigator. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube Join the SVP fam with your host Grace Gong. In each episode, we are going to have conversations with some of the top investors, super star founders, as well as well known tech executives in the silicon valley. We will have a coffee chat with them to learn their ways of thinking and actionable tips on how to build or invest in a successful company.

Sep 24, 2020 • 22min
#29 NYT&WSJ Bestselling Author of Radical Candor, ex-CEO coach of Dropbox & Twitter Kim Scott (Part2)
#029 Kim Scott is the author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Radical Candor and the co-founder of Radical Candor LLC. She is a former CEO coach for several top tech companies, including Dropbox, Twitter, and Qualtrics. Prior to being an author, she led AdSense, YouTube, and Doubleclick Online Sales and Operations at Google, where she directly worked with top tech leaders such as Sheryl Sandberg and Larry Page. She has a new leadership book coming out called Just Work: Get Sh*t Done, Fast & Fair. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube Join the SVP fam with your host Grace Gong. In each episode, we are going to have conversations with some of the top investors, super star founders, as well as well known tech executives in the silicon valley. We will have a coffee chat with them to learn their ways of thinking and actionable tips on how to build or invest in a successful company.

Sep 21, 2020 • 19min
#28 NYT&WSJ Bestselling Author of Radical Candor, ex-CEO coach of Dropbox & Twitter Kim Scott (Part1)
#028 Kim Scott is the author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Radical Candor and the co-founder of Radical Candor LLC. She is a former CEO coach for several top tech companies, including Dropbox, Twitter, and Qualtrics. Prior to being an author, she led AdSense, YouTube, and Doubleclick Online Sales and Operations at Google, where she directly worked with top tech leaders such as Sheryl Sandberg and Larry Page. She has a new leadership book coming out called Just Work: Get Sh*t Done, Fast & Fair. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube Join the SVP fam with your host Grace Gong. In each episode, we are going to have conversations with some of the top investors, super star founders, as well as well known tech executives in the silicon valley. We will have a coffee chat with them to learn their ways of thinking and actionable tips on how to build or invest in a successful company.

Sep 17, 2020 • 28min
#27 Co-founder & Managing Partner of Stage 2 Capital, former CRO of HubSpot, Author Mark Roberge (Part2)
#027 Mark Roberge is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Stage 2 Capital. Stage 2 Capital is a fund backed by more than 100 Go-To Market executives from unicorns and Fortune 500 companies. Their areas of expertise include demand generation, sales operations, account management, customer success, and other sales related functions. He was the former Chief Revenue Officer of HubSpot. He serves as a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and is the author of The Sales Acceleration Formula. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube Join the SVP fam with your host Grace Gong. In each episode, we are going to have conversations with some of the top investors, super star founders, as well as well known tech executives in the silicon valley. We will have a coffee chat with them to learn their ways of thinking and actionable tips on how to build or invest in a successful company.

Sep 15, 2020 • 30min
#26 Co-founder & Managing Partner of Stage 2 Capital, former CRO of HubSpot, Author Mark Roberge (Part1)
#026 Mark Roberge is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Stage 2 Capital. Stage 2 Capital is a fund backed by more than 100 Go-To Market executives from unicorns and Fortune 500 companies. Their areas of expertise include demand generation, sales operations, account management, customer success, and other sales related functions. He was the former Chief Revenue Officer of HubSpot. He serves as a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and is the author of The Sales Acceleration Formula. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube Join the SVP fam with your host Grace Gong. In each episode, we are going to have conversations with some of the top investors, super star founders, as well as well known tech executives in the silicon valley. We will have a coffee chat with them to learn their ways of thinking and actionable tips on how to build or invest in a successful company.

Sep 9, 2020 • 27min
#25 Former Chief Ethics Officer of Airbnb, Author of Intentional Integrity. Topic: Ethics at work Rob Chesnut (Part2)
#025 Rob Chesnut is the former Chief Ethics Officer at Airbnb. Prior to Airbnb, he was the Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Chegg and Senior Vice President of Trust and Safety at eBay. He is on the advisory board for Uber, Upwork and Poshmark. He worked as a federal prosecutor before starting his career in tech. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube Join the SVP fam with your host Grace Gong. In each episode, we are going to have conversations with some of the top investors, super star founders, as well as well known tech executives in the silicon valley. We will have a coffee chat with them to learn their ways of thinking and actionable tips on how to build or invest in a successful company.

Sep 7, 2020 • 27min
#24 Former Chief Ethics Officer of Airbnb, Author of Intentional Integrity. Topic: Ethics at work Rob Chesnut (Part1)
#024 Rob Chesnut is the former Chief Ethics Officer at Airbnb. Prior to Airbnb, he was the Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Chegg and Senior Vice President of Trust and Safety at eBay. He is on the advisory board for Uber, Upwork and Poshmark. He worked as a federal prosecutor before starting his career in tech. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube Join the SVP fam with your host Grace Gong. In each episode, we are going to have conversations with some of the top investors, super star founders, as well as well known tech executives in the silicon valley. We will have a coffee chat with them to learn their ways of thinking and actionable tips on how to build or invest in a successful company.

Sep 2, 2020 • 34min
#23 Chief Revenue Officer of Envoy, former VP of Dropbox Philip Lacor (Part2)
#023 Philip Lacor is the Chief Revenue Officer at Envoy. Prior to Envoy he was the VP of Global Sales and Customer Success at Dropbox. He also worked in leadership positions across sales, marketing and finance departments at top companies globally such as Vodafone and Dell. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube Join the SVP fam with your host Grace Gong. In each episode, we are going to have conversations with some of the top investors, super star founders, as well as well known tech executives in the silicon valley. We will have a coffee chat with them to learn their ways of thinking and actionable tips on how to build or invest in a successful company.

Sep 1, 2020 • 33min
#22 Chief Revenue Officer of Envoy, former VP of Dropbox Philip Lacor (Part1)
#022 Philip Lacor is the Chief Revenue Officer at Envoy. Prior to Envoy he was the VP of Global Sales and Customer Success at Dropbox. He also worked in leadership positions across sales, marketing and finance departments at top companies globally such as Vodafone and Dell. https://www.SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube: https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube Join the SVP fam with your host Grace Gong. In each episode, we are going to have conversations with some of the top investors, super star founders, as well as well known tech executives in the silicon valley. We will have a coffee chat with them to learn their ways of thinking and actionable tips on how to build or invest in a successful company.