20 Minute Playbook: Mercedes Bent of Lightspeed Venture Partners

“As the world is changing faster and faster, one of the things we need as any professional to get better at is to improve the speed at which you are able to learn about new things, because the world ain't changing any slower.” – Mercedes Bent
Mercedes Bent is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, where she invests in early-stage businesses, including forage, Stori, Flink, and Outschool. She was previously Vice President at Upload, a news and education provider in the VR space, General Manager and Product Manager at General Assembly, and a Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs. She has degrees from Harvard and Stanford GSB, and served on the Board of Birthright AFRICA.
Show notes with links, quotes, and a transcript of the episode: https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/mercedes-bent-outlier-academy-show-notes 
Chapters

Mercedes’ path to VC

Pop culture 

Managing through uncertainty, being knowable, and networking

Shortening the learning cycle and cultivating happiness

Learnings from two Masters’ degrees

Habits, routines, and inspiration

On success, failure, and gratitude

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“As the world is changing faster and faster, one of the things we need as any professional to get better at is to improve the speed at which you are able to learn about new things, because the world ain't changing any slower.” – Mercedes Bent

Mercedes Bent is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, where she invests in early-stage businesses, including forage, Stori, Flink, and Outschool. She was previously Vice President at Upload, a news and education provider in the VR space, General Manager and Product Manager at General Assembly, and a Financial Analyst at Goldman Sachs. She has degrees from Harvard and Stanford GSB, and served on the Board of Birthright AFRICA.

Show notes with links, quotes, and a transcript of the episode: https://www.danielscrivner.com/notes/mercedes-bent-outlier-academy-show-notes 

Chapters

Mercedes’ path to VC
Pop culture 
Managing through uncertainty, being knowable, and networking
Shortening the learning cycle and cultivating happiness
Learnings from two Masters’ degrees
Habits, routines, and inspiration
On success, failure, and gratitude

Sign up here for Outlier Debrief, our weekly newsletter that highlights the latest episode, expands on important business and investing concepts, and contains the best of what we read each week.

Follow Outlier Academy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/outlieracademy.

If you loved this episode, please share a quick review on Apple Podcasts.

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