![]() ![]() ![]() * What does Cristina believe is so special about partnerships with early stage startups? How can partnerships be fundamentally dangerous for early stage companies? How can startups determine when is the right time to engage with partners? What are the key questions and terms startups should focus on when partnering with incumbents? * What does Cristina believe is the key to success when it comes to adapting to new roles? What worked? What did not work? Where does Cristina see many go wrong? How should employees think about title both when joining and when at a high growth company? What is the right way for them to think about and approach equity? * Does Cristina agree with the common notion that certain people are destined for certain stages of a company’s life? How can one determine whether some has the ability to scale or not? What are the leading indicators? What have been some of Cristina’s biggest lessons in scaling from 28 at Stripe to 1,300? * How Cristina made her way into the world of SaaS and came to be Head of Partnerships at one of the fastest growing startups in the world, Stripe. Prior to Stripe, Cristina was Head of Business Development Pulse (acq by LinkedIn) and was in the marketing team at Tapulous (acq by Disney). As for Cristina, at Stripe she manages partnerships with some of the biggest global players including Apple Pay, Google Pay, WeChat Pay and more and has also held roles such as Head of Diversity and Inclusion and Manager of Partner Engineering. To date, Stripe has raised over $680m in funding from some of the very best in the business including Sequoia, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Thrive, CapitalG, Kleiner Perkins and Tiger Global. The DealMatrix and Venionaire Capital analyst teams selected 10 outstanding leaders from the international venture capital scene and researched their most notable deals, as well as their latest fund activities.Welcome to Episode 197! Cristina Cordova leads the Payments Partnerships and Platform Partnerships teams at Stripe, the new standard in online payments that handles billions of dollars of business every year for forward thinking businesses around the world. a portfolio company (at least) doubles its value from $ 200M. ![]() a portfolio company that has either gone public or has been acquired for more than $ 200M.The list features the best start-up dealmakers around the globe. In the list below we highlight 10 leading venture capital investors worldwide (selected by experts at Dealmatrix and Venionaire Capital) according to their rank in the Forbes Midas List. Even more so, investors who have managed to correctly analyse and spot the potential of ventures have achieved staggering success. ![]() Investing in start-ups is considerably growing in recent years. This has not stayed unnoticed by investors. Companies such as Google, Amazon, and Uber are without a doubt an integral part of modern man’s life. Examples of such ventures are all around us. Contrary to the established industrial and corporate business models which strive to achieve an economy of scale over time, smaller and more agile companies have proven to effectively facilitate the development and commercialization of the next disruptive innovations. New technology is constantly reshaping and improving people’s lives. ![]()
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