Prime Venture Partners Podcast

#71 How to Take Smart Risks at Early-Stage Startups with Sukhinder Singh Cassidy


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Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Founder & Chairman theBoardlist  chats with Amit Somani, Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners

Sukhinder is a Digital leader, Board member and Investor with 25+ years experience. She has held leadership roles at Stubhub, Google, theBoardlist, Yodlee, Polyvore,  Joyus and Amazon. 

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01:00 - Risk-taking as an early-stage startup founder

06:50 – How to train your team to take risks

11:30 – Evaluating risk and reward when joining a startup

21:45 – How to rent the mind that you can’t afford to hire

27:30 – How should board members help founders

31:30 – Think Gut-Data-Gut NOT Gut Vs Data

36:00 - How to write a book about principles

Check out the book Choose Possibility by Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

You can read the complete transcript here

Want to listen to another industry leader who knows the intricacies of both an incumbent and a startup? Prime Venture had Julie Zhuo, Facebook’s former Design VP and currently the co-founder of Sundial, as a guest on the podcast. Learn about Julie’s journey from being an intern in Facebook to becoming Design VP, the secrets to building for the user when you are not the user anymore, how to persuade other stakeholders,  turning data into actionable insights, and a lot more. Listen here

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