#AIS: Pear VC’s Mar Hershenson on making successful founders
- May 30, 2022
- 37:41
- Full Episode
This talk was recorded LIVE at the All-In Summit in Miami!
0:00 Pear VC Founding Managing Partner Mar Hershenson gives a talk on making successful entrepreneurs: can great founders be created, or is it something they are born with? 17:04 Bestie Q&A with Mar: Catalyzing great founders, why the PayPal Mafia created more unicorns than early Google employees, creating more opportunity for underrepresented founders, inducing failure & more
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Brief Summary
Mara Herschensohn discusses entrepreneurship, founder characteristics, and the impact of peer influence on success.
Key points
- Mara Herschensens on Founders. Mara discusses the innate qualities of successful founders and the role of environment.
- The Importance of Peer Groups. Mara emphasizes the significance of peer influence in entrepreneurship.
- Empowering Women Entrepreneurs. Mara shares her success in increasing female entrepreneurship through targeted programs.
- Chicks for Clicks. The term 'chicks for clicks' highlights the industry's bias towards female founders for media attention.
- The PayPal Mafia. A discussion on the unique culture and recruitment strategies at PayPal, emphasizing friendship and trust.
- Teaching Failure. The importance of teaching students to embrace failure as part of the entrepreneurial journey.
Episode highlights
- Mara Herschensens on FoundersMara discusses the innate qualities of successful founders and the role of environment.“Are founders born or made?”1:00May 30, 2022
- The Importance of Peer GroupsMara emphasizes the significance of peer influence in entrepreneurship.“Your peers are fundamentally changing your character.”7:10May 30, 2022
- Empowering Women EntrepreneursMara shares her success in increasing female entrepreneurship through targeted programs.“78 women incorporated 45+ companies.”13:19May 30, 2022
- Chicks for ClicksThe term 'chicks for clicks' highlights the industry's bias towards female founders for media attention.“If you go after a female founder, you're going to get 10 times as many clicks.”22:19May 30, 2022
- The PayPal MafiaA discussion on the unique culture and recruitment strategies at PayPal, emphasizing friendship and trust.“At PayPal, we recruited our friends to work at the company because literally nobody else wanted to come.”23:43May 30, 2022
- Teaching FailureThe importance of teaching students to embrace failure as part of the entrepreneurial journey.“You have to provoke failure as quickly as you can.”32:24May 30, 2022
- Empowering Women EntrepreneursEncouraging women to overcome imposter syndrome and believe in their potential as founders.“For women to believe in themselves, I think a lot of us don't.”35:35May 30, 2022
