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A lot of women entrepreneurs reach out to me, because there are still too few of us and it’s my mission to change that. The diligence items we go through as scouts also help me think more objectively about my own company.
Clara Shih
Founder and executive chair of Hearsay Systems
Scouts are the people founders call before they go raise.
Matt MacInnis
Scouted Notion, ex-CEO Inkling
They’ll never get enough credit for this, but one thing Sequoia did was use scouts to radically increase the amount of diversity in the industry.
Jason Calacanis
Early investor in Uber, Robinhood, and others. Host of the All In Podcast.
If you want to eventually work at a venture fund, the VC partners will look at your scout track record.
Elad Gil
Invested in Airbnb, Pinterest, Square, and Stripe.
We’re seeing some investment in areas which are not the ones we’re spending a tonne of time on at seed-stage. Our starters community is taking our interest towards areas we didn’t know existed.
Luca Bocchio
Partner at Accel Partners
The best source of info on scout programs, so great job!
Lenny Rachitsky
Author of Lenny's Newsletter, angel investor, and ex Airbnb growth leader.