Smart Venture Podcast

036 Julien Codorniou is the VP of Workplace at Facebook. Under his leadership, Workplace serves more than 5 million paid users from companies including Walmart, Spotify, Nestle, Chevron, Grab, booking.com and many others. Prior to joining Facebook, he was the Director of Business Development at Microsoft, where he created and launched the BizSpark program. He has served on the board of the French...

#035 Marvin Chow is the VP of Marketing at Google. He leads brand, product, growth and performance marketing for some of Google's largest and most strategic products including Search, Gmail, Maps, News, Google AI, and many others. He started his career at Reebok's marketing team where he founded Reebok Interactive. Prior to Google, he worked as the Marketing Director at Nike and Nickelodeon.  http...

#034 Marvin Chow is the VP of Marketing at Google. He leads brand, product, growth and performance marketing for some of Google's largest and most strategic products including Search, Gmail, Maps, News, Google AI, and many others. He started his career at Reebok's marketing team where he founded Reebok Interactive. Prior to Google, he worked as the Marketing Director at Nike and Nickelodeon.  http...

#033 Dong-Su Kim is the CEO of LG Technology Ventures, which manages over $400 million of fund assets and invests in early stage information technology, automotive, manufacturing, life-sciences and other areas. Prior to that, he worked as the Vice President and general manager of Samsung Ventures America.  https://www. SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube:  ht...

#032 Dong-Su Kim is the CEO of LG Technology Ventures, which manages over $400 million of fund assets and invests in early stage information technology, automotive, manufacturing, life-sciences and other areas. Prior to that, he worked as the Vice President and general manager of Samsung Ventures America.  https://www. SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube:  ht...

#031 Loni Mahanta is the VP of Policy Development and Research at Lyft. Loni was recruited onto the Policy team by Lyft's Chief Policy Officer and former Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx to drive strategy for the business's core policy issue, from labor policy and safety, to privacy and sustainability. Prior to that, Loni reported directly to co-founder and president John Zimmer after arc...

#030 Loni Mahanta is the VP of Policy Development and Research at Lyft. Loni was recruited onto the Policy team by Lyft's Chief Policy Officer and former Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx to drive strategy for the business's core policy issue, from labor policy and safety, to privacy and sustainability. Prior to that, Loni reported directly to co-founder and president John Zimmer after arc...

#029 Kim Scott is the author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Radical Candor and the co-founder of Radical Candor LLC. She is a former CEO coach for several top tech companies, including Dropbox, Twitter, and Qualtrics. Prior to being an author, she led AdSense, YouTube, and Doubleclick Online Sales and Operations at Google, where she directly worked with top tech leaders s...

#028 Kim Scott is the author of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Radical Candor and the co-founder of Radical Candor LLC. She is a former CEO coach for several top tech companies, including Dropbox, Twitter, and Qualtrics. Prior to being an author, she led AdSense, YouTube, and Doubleclick Online Sales and Operations at Google, where she directly worked with top tech leaders s...

#027 Mark Roberge  is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Stage 2 Capital . Stage 2 Capital is a fund backed by more than 100 Go-To Market executives from unicorns and Fortune 500 companies. Their areas of expertise include demand generation, sales operations, account management, customer success, and other sales related functions. He was the former Chief Revenue Officer of HubSpot. He serves a...

#026 Mark Roberge  is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Stage 2 Capital . Stage 2 Capital is a fund backed by more than 100 Go-To Market executives from unicorns and Fortune 500 companies. Their areas of expertise include demand generation, sales operations, account management, customer success, and other sales related functions. He was the former Chief Revenue Officer of HubSpot. He serves a...

#025 Rob Chesnut is the former Chief Ethics Officer at Airbnb. Prior to Airbnb, he was the Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Chegg and Senior Vice President of Trust and Safety at eBay. He is on the advisory board for Uber, Upwork and Poshmark. He worked as a federal prosecutor before starting his career in tech.  https://www. SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@Gra...

#024 Rob Chesnut is the former Chief Ethics Officer at Airbnb. Prior to Airbnb, he was the Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Chegg and Senior Vice President of Trust and Safety at eBay. He is on the advisory board for Uber, Upwork and Poshmark. He worked as a federal prosecutor before starting his career in tech.  https://www. SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@Gra...

#023 Philip Lacor is the Chief Revenue Officer at Envoy. Prior to Envoy he was the VP of Global Sales and Customer Success at Dropbox. He also worked in leadership positions across sales, marketing and finance departments at top companies globally such as Vodafone and Dell.   https://www. SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube:  https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube J...

#022 Philip Lacor is the Chief Revenue Officer at Envoy. Prior to Envoy he was the VP of Global Sales and Customer Success at Dropbox. He also worked in leadership positions across sales, marketing and finance departments at top companies globally such as Vodafone and Dell.   https://www. SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@GraceGong YouTube:  https://bit.ly/gracegongyoutube J...

#021 Pete Flint is the Managing Partner at NFX. NFX is a seed and series A venture firm based in San Francisco. Prior to NFX, he founded Trulia. He raised funding from top venture capital firms like Sequoia and Accel, and eventually led the company to a successful IPO. In 2015 Trulia merged with Zillow and he served on Zillow's Board of Directors.  https://www. SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @G...

#020 Pete Flint is the Managing Partner at NFX. NFX is a seed and series A venture firm based in San Francisco. Prior to NFX, he founded Trulia. He raised funding from top venture capital firms like Sequoia and Accel, and eventually led the company to a successful IPO. In 2015 Trulia merged with Zillow and he served on Zillow's Board of Directors.  https://www. SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @G...

#019  Nathan Schultz is the President of Learning Services at Chegg. He focuses on the execution of Chegg's existing learning services business and its global growth strategy. He started his career at Chegg as the director of business development and product management. Prior to joining Chegg, he worked in several sectors of the publishing industry, and was responsible for developing a business in...

#018 Nathan Schultz is the President of Learning Services at Chegg. He focuses on the execution of Chegg's existing learning services business and its global growth strategy. He started his career at Chegg as the director of business development and product management. Prior to joining Chegg, he worked in several sectors of the publishing industry, and was responsible for developing a business int...

#017 Katelin Holloway is a Partner at Initialized Capital. Prior to venture capital, she worked as the VP of People and Culture at Reddit. She is passionate about building scalable, inclusive institutional cultures. Before joining Reddit, she worked at Pixar as the Script Supervisor and Klout as the Head of People and Culture.  https://www. SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@...

#016 Katelin Holloway is a Partner at Initialized Capital. Prior to venture capital, she worked as the VP of People and Culture at Reddit. She is passionate about building scalable, inclusive institutional cultures. Before joining Reddit, she worked at Pixar as the Script Supervisor and Klout as the Head of People and Culture.  https://www. SmartVenturePod.com IG/Twitter/FB @GraceGongGG LinkedIn:@...

#015 Terry McGuire is the Co-founder and General Partner of Polaris Partners. Polaris Partners has a portfolio including Adimab, Akamai (IPO), Acceleron (IPO), and Ironwood (IPO).   Before starting his own fund, he spent seven years at Burr, Egan, Deleage, & Co. His  investments are focused on early-stage medical and information technology companies. He was on the Forbes Midas List of the top 100...

#014 Terry McGuire is the Co-founder and General Partner of Polaris Partners. Polaris Partners has a portfolio including Adimab, Akamai (IPO), Acceleron (IPO), and Ironwood (IPO).   Before starting his own fund, he spent seven years at Burr, Egan, Deleage, & Co. His  investments are focused on early-stage medical and information technology companies. He was on the Forbes Midas List of the top 100...

#013 Charles Moldow, General Partner at Foundation Capital. Foundation Capital has a portfolio including LendingClub, LendingHome, AdRoll, Health IQ, and CoverWallet. His current portfolio includes AdRoll, auxmoney, BlockCypher, Finxera (formerly Bancbox), HealthIQ, LendingClub (IPO 2014), LendingHome, Motif Investing, On Deck Capital (IPO 2014), Rappi, and States Title. In all, he's made sixteen...

#012 Charles Moldow, General Partner at Foundation Capital. Foundation Capital has a portfolio including LendingClub, LendingHome, AdRoll, Health IQ, and CoverWallet. His current portfolio includes AdRoll, auxmoney, BlockCypher, Finxera (formerly Bancbox), HealthIQ, LendingClub (IPO 2014), LendingHome, Motif Investing, On Deck Capital (IPO 2014), Rappi, and States Title. In all, he's made sixteen...