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Kass Lazerow

Co-founder & Investor, Kass & Mike. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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After co-founding Golf.com, Kass Lazerow served as co-founder and COO of Buddy Media, which was acquired by Salesforce for $745 million. Together with her husband, Mike Lazerow, she has backed more than 100 startups and co-authored Shoveling $h!t: A Love Story About the Entrepreneur's Messy Path to Success.

What they said2 Shows1

Everything Kass Lazerow said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Supported

Sequoia pulled backing from Chipshot before its 2000 IPO, triggering bankruptcy

“And basically he said that Sequoia, who had backed them to go public, had pulled out. And there was no more filing, and they were going bankrupt, and we would, they'd be out of business in two weeks, and they had no more money to pay anything for us. Nothing f…”

Kass Lazerow Mar 21, 2025 ▶ 3:01 The 'messy' path to start-up success (with Kass & Mike Lazerow from SXSW) | Masters of Scale

MASTERS OF SCALE Insight

Ego and fear of admitting failure prevent founders from pivoting

“Half the time with pivots, it's ego, right, that you don't do the pivot. So you have founders who sit there and go, well, wait, I raise money on the first idea. I can't go back to the board and tell them that this isn't working. I can't go back to my family a…”

Kass Lazerow Mar 21, 2025 ▶ 20:50 The 'messy' path to start-up success (with Kass & Mike Lazerow from SXSW) | Masters of Scale

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Kass's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
MASTERS OF SCALELEDGER	Co-founder & Investor, Kass & Mike	1	2	100% 1/1	full record on Masters of Scale →