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NewView Capital's $1.35B debut fund yielded three major exits within two years
“Launched in 2018 with their 1.35 billion dollar debut fund, They've already set themselves as leaders in the world of growth funding, with three massive exits in less than two years, in the form of, check this out, Plaid sold to Visa for 5.3 billion dollars, A…”
Perret: Draft novel job descriptions by interviewing top external practitioners
“If I need to go hire for a role that I haven't hired for, I'll create a list of the top five people that anyone will recommend that are currently doing the job. Just cold email all five of those people and then try to get a coffee with as many as I can just to…”
Perret: Plaid raised its Meeker round partly to reset its valuation
“It was partially opportunistic. We had the chance to meet a few really amazing investors. It was partially because we knew we needed to scale a bit faster on sales and marketing, and it was partially because it had been two and a half years since we'd raised, …”
Perret has spent one-third of his time at Plaid recruiting
“And so almost the history of the company, I've probably spent about a third of my time recruiting people.”
Perret: Plaid's revenue scaling is detached from headcount expansion
“We're fortunate to be in a business where our revenue doesn't scale directly with the number of people that we have, meaning we don't have to go out and hire thousands or tens of thousands of people in order to scale a great deal as a company.”
Stebbings: Box Group's seed portfolio includes Airtable, Glossier, Pillpack, and Plaid
“One of the leading seed-focused firms of the last decade, with a portfolio including the likes of Airtable, Glossier, Pillpack, Plaid, and many more incredible companies.”
Matt Mochary's coaching client list includes partners at Benchmark, Sequoia, and Kleiner
“On the VC side, Matt has worked with the likes of Peter Fenton at Benchmark, Several Sequoia partners, Hemond at GC, and Mamoon at Kleiner, to name a few. As for founders, Matt's worked with the founders of Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Reddit, Flexport, and many mor…”