Sarah Guo (General Partner at Greylock) on SaaS and the Future of Work

A few years ago, Sarah Guo became the first female and youngest General Partner at one of the leading Silicon Valley venture capital firms, Greylock. Sarah has led investments in companies like Figma, Clubhouse (not the social media 😉), and Sqreen. She is bullish on SaaS and openly shares on her website the types of companies for which she's keeping an eye out. In this episode, we discover the vast landscape of SaaS with Sarah, dive into the future of work, and learn more about being an investor in this space.Topics: 00:23 — Introduction with Roxanne Varza01:12 — Sarah’s background prior to joining Greylock and becoming their first female and youngest partner02:58 — Greylock’s investment strategy08:15 — The story behind Sarah’s investment in Sqreen (acquired by Datadog)15:51 — Identifying areas of investment before finding the companies16:18 — Post-mortems and learnings on missed deals: Twilio & Benchling23:02 — Investing in a company called Clubhouse26:35 — Companies that Sarah is excited about: deep dive into the SaaS landscape30:21 — Service companies that are becoming SaaS companies: Rippling & Scale.ai31:50 — The impact of COVID on the future of work: the rise of remote & hybrid37:42 — Mistakes that companies are making about the future of work40:57 — Sarah’s advice for early-stage entrepreneurs This episode is hosted by Roxanne Varza and produced by Cindy Yang. Art is by Gaëtan Lefebvre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.