Annie Kadavy (Redpoint Ventures) - Venture Capital Decisionmaking
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)
Stanford eCorner
4.5 • 740 Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
What does a venture capitalist actually do day-to-day, and how do they make decisions? Annie Kadavy is a managing director at Redpoint Ventures, and in this conversation with Stanford professor of the practice Tina Seelig, she shares what her job looks like, then presents five mini-case studies looking at how VCs scope investments and manage companies.
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| 0:00.0 | Who you are defines how you build. |
| 0:06.7 | This is the entrepreneurial thought leader series. |
| 0:10.7 | Brought to you by Stanford E. Corner. |
| 0:14.3 | Hello, I'm Tina Selegg, and before I introduce today's guest, I'd like to give you a quick update about the ETL podcast |
| 0:21.3 | today. |
| 0:22.4 | A lot has happened since we wrapped up the Winter 2020 series of ETL just a few weeks ago. |
| 0:28.4 | Since then, the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the way all of us connect, learn, work, |
| 0:34.3 | and teach. |
| 0:35.6 | Instead of gathering in a big lecture hall at Stanford, we're now running ETL as a Zoom |
| 0:40.3 | webinar and live streaming it on YouTube. |
| 0:42.3 | As such, we hope you'll forgive the occasional mouse click or audio delay and focus on the |
| 0:48.3 | insights from the remarkable speakers we put together for our spring 2020 series. |
| 0:53.3 | As I always say, every problem is an opportunity. |
| 0:56.0 | We use this opportunity to take advantage of Zoom's polling feature |
| 1:00.0 | to pose a series of mini cases to our live audience of Stanford students. |
| 1:05.0 | We hope you appreciate hearing how the students responded |
| 1:08.0 | to five real dilemmas that Annie Caddiville has faced in her career as a venture capitalist. |
| 1:13.8 | So with that said, I'm super excited to introduce today's guest. |
| 1:17.7 | Annie is managing director at Red Point Ventures, where she focuses on early stage technology investing. |
| 1:24.1 | She's an investor in companies like Class Pass, DoorDash, Patreon, Guild Education, Ike, Tend, and Tundra. |
| 1:32.3 | Before joining Red Point, Annie worked at Bain & Company, Warby Parker, and Uber Freight. |
| 1:38.3 | She's also been named to both the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and the Midas Brinklist. |
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