cover of episode Growth with negative margins is dangerous

Growth with negative margins is dangerous

2020/12/8
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The Sure Shot Entrepreneur

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Mar Hershenson, founding managing partner at Pear Ventures, shares her journey starting as a successful entrepreneur to launching a VC firm with Pejman Nozad. Her authentic description of failure in a startup she founded highlights her lessons as a CEO. 

  • Founders grow professionally with the company and by consistently investing in themselves
  • Pivoting a business for the right reasons can open doors to new opportunities
  • Tony Xu, CEO of DoorDash, convincingly explained why the company will be successful  which influenced investors
  • Growth growth growth with negative unit economics is dangerous
  • Non-profit:  Harvey Mudd College, Board of Trustees)