About the Event
Join us for the inaugural TalkIQ, a series of virtual fireside chats with thought-leaders and renowned tech investors, operators, and entrepreneurs.
We at the CBS Fintech Initiative, together with The Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics, are pleased to announce the launch of TalkIQ, a new series of curated conversations with distinguished trailblazers to help untangle complexity, identify trends, and codify skills necessary to succeed in today’s fast-changing world.
Each chat will include a discussion on market dynamics, short- and long-term investment and career opportunities, and lessons on the analytical mindsets, mental models, and leadership styles essential to adapt and advance a purposeful career.
For our Spring 2022 program, we will feature four events with outstanding women and venture capitalists, all with prior experience as operators and/or entrepreneurs. See the schedule below for dates and times for each of our events.
TalkIQ is conceived, planned, and moderated by Prof. R.A. Farrokhnia, and is brought to you by Columbia Business School’s Advanced Projects and Applied Research in Fintech and The Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics.
About Sarah Tavel
Sarah Tavel is a General Partner at Benchmark where she invests in network effect businesses, with a focus on marketplaces and social as well as cryptocurrency domains. Sarah led Benchmark's investments and currently sits on the boards of Chainalysis, Hipcamp, REKKI, Supergreat, Popshop, and Poparazzi, as well as several unannounced companies. She is also a founding member of All Raise, the nonprofit organization working to accelerate the success of women in the venture capital and VC-backed startup ecosystem. Prior to Benchmark, Sarah was a Partner at Greylock Partners, where she led their investment in Sonder and Gixo (acquired by Openfit), and represented Greylock on the board of both companies. Sarah joined Pinterest in 2021 after co-leading the Series A investment while at Bessemer Venture Partners. There, she was the product lead for search, recommendations, machine vision, and pin quality at Pinterest. As one of the first 35 employees, her order of business was to launch Pinterest internationally and close the Series C financing. Sarah then became Pinterest's founding PM for search and discovery and launched Pinterest's first search and recommendations features. She also led three acquisitions as she helped the company scale through a period of hyper-growth. Sarah graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Philosophy.
Upcoming Events in the Series
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