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My firstminute | Jess Lee, Polyvore, Sequoia
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The consumer sector has seen a decline in VC funding. This is due to many factors such as the high churn rates and difficulty in find product market fit often saturated markets.
Jess Lee knows both sides well having been co-founder and former CEO of Polyvore and currently a Partner at Sequoia Capital.
Over her illustrious career, Jess has spent time working as Product Manager at Google, as CEO at Polyvore, and most recently as Partner at Sequoia Capital, where she became the youngest partner as well as the firm's first female Partner in the United States. We spent time exploring the many aspects of Jess' journey, her focus on consumer and community, and her outlook for the future of venture and startups in this episode from June 2020.
Chapters
1. My firstminute | Jess Lee, Polyvore, Sequoia (00:00:00)
2. What was 0 to 1 like (00:03:00)
3. Trickiest Moments (00:10:00)
4. How to build a CEO peer support network (00:12:00)
5. Female Founders Office Hours (00:15:00)
6. The Fashion Space (00:19:25)
7. Building a great culture (00:23:00)
8. Best Investors (00:29:40)
9. Diversity (00:35:25)
10. Women in healthcare (00:37:45)
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