Growth with negative margins is dangerous

<p>Mar Hershenson, founding managing partner at Pear Ventures, shares her journey starting as a successful entrepreneur to launching a VC firm with Pejman Nozad. Her authentic description of failure in a startup she founded highlights her lessons as a CEO. </p><ul><li>Founders grow professionally with the company and by consistently investing in themselves</li><li>Pivoting a business for the right reasons can open doors to new opportunities</li><li>Tony Xu, CEO of DoorDash, convincingly explained why the company will be successful  which influenced investors</li><li>Growth growth growth with negative unit economics is dangerous</li><li>Non-profit:  <a href="https://www.hmc.edu/about-hmc/college-governance/members-of-the-board/">Harvey Mudd College, Board of Trustees</a></li></ul>