“It’s a cardinal rule - you never want someone to buy your product, you want someone to own your product. 

And why (!) would they want to own your product?”

- Jillian Manus

Main talking points: 

• Concept of pausing and why it’s something that propels you forward
• How Jillian structures businesses right now: pause, pivot, propel
• Jillian’s thoughts on mental health and practices that will benefit founders

About Jillian:

Jillian Manus wrote the third investment check that Uber raised and has now backed a total of about 71 companies. 

She is an experienced banking and media executive, a technology investor and entrepreneur. She is Managing Partner of an early stage Silicon Valley venture fund, Structure Capital. 

Structure Capital has invested more than $100 million over the years, focusing on very early stage investing.

She has a podcast and it’s called The Pitch, produced by Gimlet Media, that is sort of the antithesis of Shark Tank.