169 - Everything a Spreadsheet WON’T Tell You: Colleen McCreary, 6x CPO (Credit Karma, Zynga, Twilio, & more) turned VC

Colleen McCreary, a 6x Chief People Officer turned VC, joined us on The Modern People Leader.  We talked about how her superpower as a VC is being able to look beyond just the spreadsheet, the lesson she learned early on about profitability giving you freedom, and why the VC world should be bringing in more people from HR. ---- This episode was brought to you by Pyn. Get access to their Employee Journey Designer here. ---- (1:42) Good news stories (9:52) Colleen’s story and how she ended up in the VC world (22:14) People from her Microsoft days that went on to do big things (25:28) What she does at Ribbit Capital and why we should be jealous she gets to work there (28:49) All of the things the spreadsheet WON’T tell you (33:14) Learning to think like an investor (36:37) The steps to bringing in a new deal is very similar to recruiting (41:30) Colleen’s view on the state of HR (46:38) The lesson she learned early on about profitability giving you freedom (49:14) What would be keeping her up as a CPO right now (54:25) Rapid Fire Questions (55:44) Why the VC world should be taking more people from HR ---- 📬 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get key learnings & career advice from Modern People Leaders 💡 Follow The Modern People Leader on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Daniel Huerta on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Stephen Huerta on LinkedIn