Corinne Riley (Investor @ Greylock)

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This week we had on Corinne Riley (@CorinneMRiley) of Greylock.

Greylock is one of the oldest and most established venture capital funds in the world, and the success of their portfolio speaks for itself. Since its founding, the fund has invested in companies like Figma, Okta, Airbnb, Nextdoor, and countless others. Within her role, Corinne focuses on teams at the earliest stages of company development in enterprise software.

In this talk, we discuss:

• Her winding path from Italy into venture

• Adopting a product-first mindset as an investor

• How business moats change and evolve along with markets

• What Greylock looks for in a pitch

Check out the full episode below:

🏦 Fintech infrastructure predictions for 2021

🚀 VC Guide’s best startups to watch

📹 The creator economy needs a middle class

📊 How to set meaningful OKRs (Shoutout Erica)

📈 Best resource out there for creating an effective option plan

🛠 The Emerging Manager Toolbox (Shoutout Halle)

👉 How to get over the Series A crunch

🏰 Some notes on a new form of moats

🎲 Who doesn’t like poker for charity? (Shoutout Trace for organizing)

• Worklife Ventures is looking for a chief of staff in SF.

• Redpoint is looking for an investor to join its early growth team in SF.

• Samsung Catalyst Fund is looking for a senior associate in NYC.

• Insight is looking to add an analyst in NYC.

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