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Michelle You

Co-founder & CEO, Supercritical. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Michelle You co-founded the live music discovery platform Songkick and co-created the tech job fair Silicon Milkroundabout. She later served as a venture partner at LocalGlobe before co-founding and leading Supercritical, a climate software and carbon-removal marketplace helping businesses reach net zero.

What they said4 Shows1

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

a16z Opinion

You: Silicon Valley is a cultural wasteland lacking non-tech social variety

“I think the flip side of that is it is like I personally find it to be a cultural wasteland. Anytime I go over there after I'm there for two weeks, I'm craving going to a museum or being able to see that film that just came out or having more variety in my soc…”

Michelle You Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:57 a16z Podcast | Building Tech Startups in a Place Where Tech Isn’t Everything

a16z Insight

You: Advice from big-company executives is usually irrelevant for early-stage startups

“But I think a lot of the problems you face as a startup are inherent to the nature of starting a company and learning how to grow a business. I think the kind of advice you might get from somebody who comes from a big company might not be relevant to you, so t…”

Michelle You Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 31:42 a16z Podcast | Building Tech Startups in a Place Where Tech Isn’t Everything

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You: London Has More Culture, Fashion, and Music Startups Than Silicon Valley

“And similarly, I think the reason why there's so many culture related startups in London is because that's a very London thing about fashion and, you know, media and music as well. I think there's a lot more startups in London focusing on those problems as opp…”

Michelle You Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:25 a16z Podcast | Building Tech Startups in a Place Where Tech Isn’t Everything

a16z Insight

Michelle You: London founders naturally build for global markets from day one

“I think in America, I can say it because I'm American, it's really easy to just think that American, America's all there is, because it's dominant force. It's where a lot of, you know, dominant force in culture and technology, and it's easy to just think about…”

Michelle You Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 32:23 a16z Podcast | Building Tech Startups in a Place Where Tech Isn’t Everything

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

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
a16zLEDGER	Co-founder & CEO, Supercritical	1	4	—	full record on the a16z Podcast →