Sarah Smith
12 statements across 2 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 29, 2019 by Sarah Smith · said 9 times in 3 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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Apr 29, 2019
Smith: VC firms must protect new female partners from the diversity tax
“I'd also recommend you not give her the diversity tax. So it's really common. I think good intentions. People say, great. We have our first people partner. Will you now mentor all the women in our firm? If you think about that, you know, that's really putting …”
Apr 29, 2019
Smith: VC firms must maintain identical deal standards for new female partners
“After mentorship, I'd recommend that you maintain your investment criteria. I think this is really hard sometimes when you bring in a newer member, certainly from an underrepresented group, there could be temptation to let the first few deals through or, you k…”
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Apr 29, 2019 bullish
Smith: Optimized fleet disbursement will determine the winner in micromobility
“Our view is that really, again, this comes back to the fleet that is best to Optimized in terms of its disbursement of the vehicles throughout the city. We believe that that is the player that's going to win the most revenue and the most trips”
Apr 29, 2019
Smith: Send HQ veterans for 12 months to align new remote offices
“In opening remote offices, so at Facebook, I really helped open the Dublin, Austin, and Hyderabad offices, and sending a group of people from headquarters to For at least 12 months, to also include a office leader where people report remotely, I found really t…”
Apr 29, 2019 positive
Smith: Female partners shouldn't avoid joining VC firms that lack diversity
“I hear people tell women not to join a firm as the first female partner for fear that they will be, quote unquote, the token partner. I think that's I don't know how we're gonna change things if we shun the 74% of U.S. Firms who don't yet have a female partner…”
Apr 29, 2019
Smith: Startups growing 1-2% weekly should avoid rigid processes and structures
“When a company is growing as fast as Facebook was or as Quora was, it's really important, I think, not to get tied too much to any team or process. Things are changing constantly when your company is growing one to two percent every single week. You shouldn't …”
Sep 23, 2022 positive
Julio Vasconcellos names Sarah Smith as the most underrated angel investor
“I would say Sarah Smith from the Sarah Smith Fund in Silicon Valley. Sarah's a good friend and we overlapped at Facebook. You know, she was an amazing sales and people leader, both at Facebook and then at Quora afterwards. And she's been sort of a huge inspira…”