Recode Decode: Bijan Sabet, general partner, Spark Capital

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2017

⏱️ 55 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Spark Capital General Partner Bijan Sabet talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about being a venture capitalist based on the East Coast, and how he became an early investor in companies like Twitter, Tumblr and Cruise. Sabet also discusses why he has become more politically vocal under President Trump, and urges tech CEOs to follow the lead of their employees in speaking out; the answer on all sides, he says, is to let more voices be heard. Sabet also talks about the failure of the personal-drone company he backed, Lily; and the blunt truth about venture capital — even good VCs are wrong most of the time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Today's show is brought to you by SOFI.
0:02.8	Whatever your next goal is, get there sooner with a personal loan from SOFI.
0:06.8	Low rates, no hidden fees, no kidding.
0:09.4	Learn more at SOFI.com.
0:12.0	Terms and conditions apply.
0:13.7	Visit SOFI.com slash legal for more information.
0:17.3	Loans originated by SOFI lending corp and are not available in all states.
0:23.5	Recode Radio presents Recode D-code, hosted by Cara Swisher,
0:28.1	powered by digital media.
0:58.1	He has invested in companies including Twitter, Tumblr,
1:00.8	ForSquare, Trello, and RunKeeper.
1:03.1	Bijon is also a vocal blogger and tweeter in the past couple months,
1:06.6	speaking out against our dearly to President Trump and his attempted travel bands,
1:11.1	which is why I love Bijon.
1:12.6	Thank you for coming to Recode.
1:14.1	Thanks for inviting me.
1:15.1	So we have so much to talk about, but let's start a little bit about your background.
1:18.6	Obviously you've invested, I've known you for a long time because I've written about a lot of companies you've invested in,
1:22.6	and you're also a New York-based venture capitalist.
1:26.1	Well, I grew up in New York, but my office is in Boston.
1:29.6	We have an office here in San Francisco, in New York, but home right now is Boston.
1:35.1	Boston, so but East Coast-based, not from here.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vox Media Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vox Media Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.