E35: “Angel” Podcast: Sarah Tavel, Partner at Benchmark shares insights on getting recruited by Peter Fenton, disrupting VC gender norms from the inside, transitioning from operator to investor & more

0:50 Jason intros Benchmark's Sarah Tavel

1:20 Aside from Slack, what other companies grew like consumer-facing but charge like enterprise?

3:19 How was Sarah recruited to Benchmark? How is Benchmark different from other major VC firms?

12:04 Limited upside of talking to the press in 2020

17:30 Growing up in NYC and going to Harvard

21:30 Jason on becoming a "Don't touch the thermostat" dad

23:58 How did the offer from Peter Fenton go down? What drew Sarah to Benchmark?

28:36 Sarah's thoughts on disrupting VC as a woman from the inside & from the outside

37:30 How going from operating to investing is trading stress for anxiety

40:51 Jason and Sarah discuss their most personal & significant investments: Calm & Pinterest

47:26 How Pinterest's business model was a mold of Facebook and Google

49:45 Jason tells regulators how to stop Google

58:14 Investing in Chainalysis & Crypto infrastructure

1:12:44 Are the best companies polarizing?

1:16:30 Investing in Hipcamp

1:29:43 Marc Andreessen asks Sarah a question