Smart Venture Podcast

#021 Pete Flint is the Managing Partner at NFX. NFX is a seed and series A venture firm based in San Francisco. Prior to NFX, he founded Trulia. He raised funding from top venture capital firms like …

#020 Pete Flint is the Managing Partner at NFX. NFX is a seed and series A venture firm based in San Francisco. Prior to NFX, he founded Trulia. He raised funding from top venture capital firms like …

#019 Nathan Schultz is the President of Learning Services at Chegg. He focuses on the execution of Chegg’s existing learning services business and its global growth strategy. He started his career at…

#018 Nathan Schultz is the President of Learning Services at Chegg. He focuses on the execution of Chegg’s existing learning services business and its global growth strategy. He started his career at…

#017 Katelin Holloway is a Partner at Initialized Capital. Prior to venture capital, she worked as the VP of People and Culture at Reddit. She is passionate about building scalable, inclusive institu…

#016 Katelin Holloway is a Partner at Initialized Capital. Prior to venture capital, she worked as the VP of People and Culture at Reddit. She is passionate about building scalable, inclusive institu…

#015 Terry McGuire is the Co-founder and General Partner of Polaris Partners. Polaris Partners has a portfolio including Adimab, Akamai (IPO), Acceleron (IPO), and Ironwood (IPO).  Before starting hi…

#014 Terry McGuire is the Co-founder and General Partner of Polaris Partners. Polaris Partners has a portfolio including Adimab, Akamai (IPO), Acceleron (IPO), and Ironwood (IPO).  Before starting hi…

#013 Charles Moldow, General Partner at Foundation Capital. Foundation Capital has a portfolio including LendingClub, LendingHome, AdRoll, Health IQ, and CoverWallet. His current portfolio includes A…

#012 Charles Moldow, General Partner at Foundation Capital. Foundation Capital has a portfolio including LendingClub, LendingHome, AdRoll, Health IQ, and CoverWallet. His current portfolio includes A…

#011 David Siegel is the CEO of Meetup. He helped the company grow to more than 44 million members and more than 330,000 groups. Meetup events have been in more than 190 countries in the world. Prior…

#010 David Siegel is the CEO of Meetup. He helped the company grow to more than 44 million members and more than 330,000 groups. Meetup events have been in more than 190 countries in the world. Prior…

#009 Scott Roberts is the VP and Global Head of Business Development at LinkedIn. During his tenure, the size of the LinkedIn network has grown from 13 to over 690 million members, and its revenue ha…

#008 Scott Roberts is the VP and Global Head of Business Development at LinkedIn. During his tenure, the size of the LinkedIn network has grown from 13 to over 690 million members, and its revenue ha…

#007 Jaleh Bisharat is the Co-founder and CEO of NakedPoppy, a clean beauty e-tailer that uses AI to pinpoint the perfect-for-you clean makeup and skincare products. Prior to founding NakedPoppy, she…

#006 Promod Haque - Senior Managing Partner @ Norwest Venture Partners. Promod’s investments at NVP include Apigee (acquired by Google, Nasdaq: APIC); FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE); Skybox Imaging (acquired…

#005 Billy Blau - Former VP of Business Development and Partnerships at Dropbox. During his tenure, Dropbox built and launched the partner programs with Google Cloud, Microsoft, Salesforce, Slack, Zo…

#004 Paul Madera - Co-founder of Meritech Capital Partners, where he focuses on late-stage investing. Meritech Capital Partners has a portfolio including Facebook, Salesforce, and Yammer. He earned h…

#003 Fabrice Grinda - Investor @ FJ Labs. Fabrice is named by Forbes as the No.1 angel investor in the world. He has 150 exists out of 500 angel investments. He invested in some of the top marketplac…

#002 Ethan Evans - VP of Amazon. In the past 20 years Ethan led teams in across all games, apps, video, and music to deliver revolutionary new products, including starting both Amazon Video and Twitc…