General Partner at Lightspeed Ventures: Founder and Career Advice [Nicole Quinn]

In this episode, I speak with Nicole Quinn. Nicole is the General Partner of Lightspeed Venture Partners. She’s invested in iconic consumer companies like Calm, Goop, Rothy’s, and Cameo. Nicole started her career on the equity sales and research side of Morgan Stanley where she worked on the IPOs for companies like Facebook, Groupon, and Pandora. She’s a Stanford Graduate Business School alum and we talk all things entrepreneurship and career advice. I’m so excited for you to join this convo. Let’s dive in!

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⌚️Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:49 Podcast starts
03:19 Cherie’s favorite childhood book
04:37 Cherie’s favorite autobiography
05:51 Cherie’s favorite podcast
07:24 Nicole’s daily routine
08:57 What Nicole reads and listens to
10:43 Nicole’s favorite trip
12:32 Nicole’s background
15:08 Frameworks that have helped Nicole in her career
17:16 Did Nicole always want to be in VC?
18:27 Nicole’s first startup at Stanford GSB
19:46 Most pivotal moment in Nicole’s career
22:01 Emotions at work
24:54 What’s it like being a board member?
26:55 Difficult conversations with board members
28:55 What matters most post Stanford GSB graduation?
30:36 What caused the most change post graduation?
31:03 Nicole’s favorite Stanford classes
33:21 Creator/influencer investing
35:36 Advice to women in business
37:29 Closing thoughts


ABOUT ME
Hello friends, thanks for watching! My name is Cherie and I'm a content creator, Stanford MBA student, & former LinkedIn senior product manager 👋🏻 I share personal career stories on Cherie's Corner Podcast via YouTube and Instagram, so you can learn from my friends and our successes and failures, all while owning our authentic selves and living happier lives.

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