SARAH FRIAR - NEXT DOOR
How do you raise capital and secure investment? It’s just one of the questions we were able to ask Sarah Friar, one of the most respected executives in Silicon Valley. She’s worked as CFO of Square, SVP of Finance and Strategy at Salesforce, at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey. Her most recent role is as CEO of Nextdoor, a trusted communications platform that is designed to grow local communities, which operates in over 11 countries and connects more than 200,000 neighbourhoods.
Sarah recently raised over US$170 million for Nextdoor, and the business is now valued at over US$2 billion. On top of managing that, she has a side hustle - Ladies Who Launch. Join us in one of the rare chats where we get to hear the inspiration and straight up lessons from someone who is truly at the top of their game.
“People are talking about our $2 billion valuation and our $170 million funding round, and they’re like ‘it’s magical!’, and it’s not. On the back end, it’s blood, sweat and tears. ”
“It’s almost like having a third job, but we need to be careful not to talk about it too much and have it weigh on these top women, because they also need to focus on just getting the work done and being successful.”
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