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Sarah invests in businesses that can escape competition. More often, these companies are…

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  • The Hype Cycle of Features
    Dec 5, 2019

    The Hype Cycle of Features

    Many years ago, Gartner created the Hype Cycle to provide a “graphic representation of the maturity and adoption of…

    3 Comments
  • The art of VC is knowing when to seem crazy
    Jun 7, 2017

    The art of VC is knowing when to seem crazy

    The longer I’m in venture capital, the more I’m convinced that the art of VC is about knowing when to seem crazy. I’d…

    13 Comments
  • Five More Lessons from Scaling Pinterest
    Apr 3, 2017

    Five More Lessons from Scaling Pinterest

    I recently published five lessons I learned scaling Pinterest. Confession: it began as 10 lessons, and in a last minute…

    13 Comments
  • Five Lessons from Scaling Pinterest
    Mar 27, 2017

    Five Lessons from Scaling Pinterest

    I was involved with Pinterest from 5 employees through 650. Here’s what I learned.

    18 Comments
  • Saving People Money, Fintech Edition
    Oct 24, 2016

    Saving People Money, Fintech Edition

    This past February, I wrote a post outlining my belief that the key to building an enduring, multi-billion dollar…

    34 Comments
  • Learning to talk to bots
    Sep 30, 2016

    Learning to talk to bots

    When I see my parents use computers, it’s clear that there’s something that gets lost in the communication between…

    61 Comments
  • What the On Demand world can learn from eCommerce
    Jun 8, 2016

    What the On Demand world can learn from eCommerce

    And just like that, the once hot “On Demand” world, triggered by the inarguable success of Uber, has ascended the apex…

    7 Comments
  • How To Create A Sticky Product Like Facebook and Evernote
    May 10, 2016

    How To Create A Sticky Product Like Facebook and Evernote

    In my last post, I elaborated on the first level of my Hierarchy of Engagement: the core action. The second level is…

    35 Comments
  • Engagement Hierarchy: Core Actions
    Mar 29, 2016

    Engagement Hierarchy: Core Actions

    I want to elaborate on a few concepts I introduced in my Hierarchy of Engagement. The first, and the foundation of the…

    17 Comments
  • The Hierarchy of Engagement
    Mar 23, 2016

    The Hierarchy of Engagement

    Building an enduring, multi-billion dollar consumer technology company is hard. As an investor, knowing which startups…

    41 Comments
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