Smart Venture Podcast

#011 David Siegel is the CEO of Meetup. He helped the company grow to more than 44 million members and more than 330,000 groups. Meetup events have been in more than 190 countries in the world. Prior to Meetup, he was the CEO of Investopedia, where he helped the company grow to 4x value, to about 36 million in revenue and 30 million of user base. Earlier, he worked as the CEO of Double Click, Pres...

#010 David Siegel is the CEO of Meetup. He helped the company grow to more than 44 million members and more than 330,000 groups. Meetup events have been in more than 190 countries in the world. Prior to Meetup, he was the CEO of Investopedia, where he helped the company grow to 4x value, to about 36 million in revenue and 30 million of user base. Earlier, he worked as the CEO of Double Click, Pres...

#009 Scott Roberts is the VP and Global Head of Business Development at LinkedIn. During his tenure, the size of the LinkedIn network has grown from 13 to over 690 million members, and its revenue has grown from $30 million annually to $7.9 billion. Throughout his time at LinkedIn, he has driven strategic initiatives and partnerships that have supported user growth and engagement, and he has been...

#008 Scott Roberts is the VP and Global Head of Business Development at LinkedIn. During his tenure, the size of the LinkedIn network has grown from 13 to over 690 million members, and its revenue has grown from $30 million annually to $7.9 billion. Throughout his time at LinkedIn, he has driven strategic initiatives and partnerships that have supported user growth and engagement, and he has been...

#007 Jaleh Bisharat is the Co-founder and CEO of NakedPoppy, a clean beauty e-tailer that uses AI to pinpoint the perfect-for-you clean makeup and skincare products. Prior to founding NakedPoppy, she served as VP of Marketing/ CMO at Amazon, OpenTable, Upwork and Eventbrite.  https://www. SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong Join the SVP fam with your host Grace Gong....

#006 Promod Haque - Senior Managing Partner @ Norwest Venture Partners.  Promod's investments at NVP include Apigee (acquired by Google, Nasdaq: APIC); FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE); Skybox Imaging (acquired by Google for $500 million); Cyan (acquired by Ciena); Cerent (acquired by Cisco for $7.2 billion); Extreme Networks (Nasdaq: EXTR); Shape Security (acquired by F5 Networks) and Health Catalyst (Nasd...

#005 Billy Blau - Former VP of Business Development and Partnerships at Dropbox. During his tenure, Dropbox built and launched the partner programs with Google Cloud, Microsoft, Salesforce, Slack, Zoom, and Adobe. He helped grow Dropbox's revenue over 4x to 1.6 Billion and more than doubled its user growth to 600 Million.  https://www. SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@Grace...

#004 Paul Madera - Co-founder of Meritech Capital Partners, where he focuses on late-stage investing. Meritech Capital Partners has a portfolio including Facebook, Salesforce, and Yammer. He earned his MBA from Stanford GSB. Paul has invested in SaaS financial technology, digital consumer, and medical device sectors. Paul was the Managing Director and head of the private equity group at Montgomery...

#003 Fabrice Grinda - Investor @ FJ Labs. Fabrice is named by Forbes as the No.1 angel investor in the world. He has 150 exists out of 500 angel investments. He invested in some of the top marketplace platforms in the world. His portfolio includes Alibaba, Flexport and Delivery Hero. Fabrice is currently running the startup studio and venture fund FJ labs, which he co-founded with business partner...

#002 Ethan Evans - VP of Amazon. In the past 20 years Ethan led teams in across all games, apps, video, and music to deliver revolutionary new products, including starting both Amazon Video and Twitch Prime. Under his leadership multiple teams have grown beyond $500 Million in annual revenue. Ethan is passionate about mentoring and development. https://www. SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @Grace...

 #001 David Cowan - Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. Bessemer Venture Partners has a portfolio including LinkedIn, Pinterest, Yelp, and Skype. David invested in LinkedIn, Smule, and Twitch, among others. He was ranked #6 on the Forbes Midas List, which has included David 14 times.   https://www. SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong Join the SVP fam with your host...