Nicole Quinn (Lightspeed Venture Partners) - Future of Media, Investing in Women, and Thinking Big
Nicole Quinn is a partner and investor at Lightspeed Venture Capital, a venture capital firm that is engaged in the consumer, enterprise, technology, and cleantech markets. Some of Nicole's investments include Calm, Goop, Rothy’s, Cameo, Brandable, Girlboss, Illumix, Zola, Daily Harvest a Lady Gaga’s Haus Labs. You can follow Nicole Here ( https://twitter.com/Nik_Quinn ) on Twitter. If you would like to follow your host, Mike, for updates on the show, you can follow him Here ( https://twitter.com/MikeGelb ) on Twitter. In this episode, you will learn - * *What attracted Nicole to early-stage investing from Morgan Stanley? Why she shifted from angel investing to joining Lightspeed? Her personal mission of venture capital becoming more inclusive to women founders.* * ** * *How she thinks about the successful qualities of a founder and how she assesses founder-market fit? How you know when a company has found product-market fit? In the due diligence process, how do you assess if the product is solving a real problem?* * ** * *The challenges and metrics she pays attention to when evaluating consumer startups? The major turn offs or deal-breakers from startups when they pitch their business to Nicole?* * ** * *Her thoughts about the future of media and the transition from an advertising model to a subscription model? What trends in media and consumer that she is most focused on?* * ** * *How she thinks about price in the diligence process? Some of the changes that need to happen in venture capital?* * ** * *Consumer trends that she’s focused on? What is one company that she should have invested in but didn’t? One piece of advice for founders of consumer companies?* * **
