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Show Notes

[00:02:45] – How she thinks about growth stage businesses

[00:05:00] – Her views on the winner-take-all business goal

[00:09:53] – How to prioritize the stakeholders when building a network business

[00:12:19] – Priorities in growth stage businesses versus those seeking Series A funding

[00:18:25] – What's most interesting in international markets

[00:21:44] – Risks in investing in international tech startups

[00:24:54] – Assessing a hardware-based tech company versus a software business

[00:30:22] – How her background as an engineer impacts her investing style

[00:36:11] – Lessons from the various growth strategies she’s observed

[00:40:05] – How valuation impacts the company and her decision to invest

[00:45:45] – How far along we are into the global digital transformation and what opportunity is left

[00:48:15] – Sectors that are still primed for more digital transformation

[00:52:50] – How the tech investing landscape has changed during her career

[00:57:45] – Kindest thing anyone has done for her