#113 Sarah Tavel: The Value of Intellectual Rigor

<p>Sarah Tavel has spent the past four years as a general partner at venture capital firm Benchmark, after previously serving in the same role with Greylock Partners and as the first-ever product manager at Pinterest. In this episode Shane and Sarah how studying philosophy helped in her career as a venture capitalist, the value of intellectual rigor, her concept of the net-present value of pain, why every strength has a corresponding weakness, where executive boards go wrong, assessing the performance of a CEO, lessons of rapidly scaling at Pinterest, and so much more.</p> <p><strong>Go Premium:</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Members get early access, ad-free episodes, hand-edited transcripts, searchable transcripts, member only episodes, and more.</span> <a href= "https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-premium/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-premium/</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Every Sunday our newsletter shares timeless insights and ideas that you can use at work and home. Add it to your inbox:</span> <a href= "https://fs.blog/newsletter/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://fs.blog/newsletter/</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Follow Shane on twitter at:</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaneAParrish"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://twitter.com/ShaneAParrish</span></a></p>