Sarah Tavel is a general partner at Benchmark Capital, one of the top venture capital firms. Before joining Benchmark, she was also one of the earliest employees at Pinterest. #benchmarkcapital #venturecapital #startups
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00:00 Sarah Tavel: Benchmark Capital GP
00:30 The new SaaS paradigm
16:12 Best opportunities for new software companies
24:59 How to build a multibillion dollar business in 2024
27:12 Which companies will win AI
28:58 Distortions in VC – Big tech getting into VC
31:58 Weird times in venture capital – Benchmark’s dealflow
36:21 Why consumer tech is stagnating
45:38 Thoughts on Harvard
49:03 A conspiracy theory that Sarah believes
53:17 Sarah’s take for common bad advice
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