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The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | InvestorsSaaStr 634: Scaling a Product-Led Growth Model with 1Password, Apollo.io, Sentry, and LightspeedWhat do some of the most successful PLG companies have in common? How do you build a best-in-class go-to-market model to get to 100mn ARR and beyond? Iconic PLG companies share how they integrated GTM into their growth strategy to go from single digits to over a billion in ARR. Lightspeed Partner, Anoushka Vaswani, is joined by Raj Sarkar, CMO at 1Password, Kim Walsh, SVP, Sales, Partnerships and Customer Success at Apollo.io, and Chris De Vylder, CRO at Sentry, to pass along key lessons from their growth journey. Video: https://ww...2023-02-1533 min
DrinksWithAVC (DWAVC)DWAVC: Anoushka Vaswani | Ep. 22DrinksWithAVC swings into the new year spotlighting Anoushka Vaswani of Lightspeed Venture Partners, the 'OG of PLG'. With accolades spanning from her lauded academic journey at Columbia and Harvard to shaping strategies at McKinsey and Matrix Partners, Anoushka brings a wealth of experience to the table. Settle in with your preferred vintage as she dissects her favorite SaaS metrics, discusses the impact of her global upbringing on investment perspectives, and debates the growth vs. profit paradigm for SaaS startups in economic downturns. A toast to insights and intellect in this much-anticipated return episode.Links:...2023-02-091h 03
The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | InvestorsSaaStr 522: Scaling Your Startup 10x From $20M to $200M with Sapphire, Lightspeed, TripActions, and 6SenseWhen you think of scaling up, many things may come to mind, like hiring, culture, marketing, and sales. But what are the essentials of scaling up, and how do you navigate obstacles along the way to function as a high-impact organization? Cathy Gao, Partner at Sapphire Ventures, and Anoushka Vaswani, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, moderated a panel with Carlos Delatorre, CRO at TripActions, and Latané Conant, CMO at 6sense to discuss how you can scale your startup from $20 million ARR to $200 million ARR through go-to-market execution, talent, and culture.2022-01-2823 min
Voices of Women in Venture 🌊2. Lightspeed’s Anoushka Vaswani: Operating Experience Can Become Stale, Value and Low Opportunity Cost of College, and How Venture Isn’t Contrarian Podcast: Chasing Capital Episode: 2. Lightspeed’s Anoushka Vaswani: Operating Experience Can Become Stale, Value and Low Opportunity Cost of College, and How Venture Isn’t ContrarianPub date: 2021-02-25Notes from Voices of Women in Venture 🌊:Anoushka Vaswani, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. (https://lsvp.com)Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationIn this second episode of Chasing Capital, I chat with Lightspeed’s Anoushka Vaswani on a wide range of topics like why she chooses to focus on growth investing...2021-07-2928 min
Women in Venture CapitalA Conversation with Anoushka Vaswani – Partner @ Lightspeed Venture Partners | Softbank Investment Advisers | MasterClass | Matrix Partners | McKinsey & Co. | Goldman Sachs | MBA ‘19 @ Harvard Business SchoolIn today's episode we chat with our first female partner on the show, Anoushka Vaswani, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners in the Bay Area. Anoushka talks to us about enterprise software, diversity at the decision table, the importance of self-advocacy in career progression and fundraising amid COVID.At Lightspeed, Anoushka focuses on growth-stage companies within the enterprise software and infrastructure ecosystems. She has years of investing experience, having previously worked on the investment teams of Softbank Investment Advisers and Matrix Partners. She also has startup experience as a product manager at MasterClass. Anoushka started her career in...2020-09-0110 min
Wharton FinTech PodcastAnoushka Vaswani, Partner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersIn our latest podcast, Shayaan Khanna (WG '20) is joined by Anoushka Vaswani, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Anoushka is an investor in growth-stage companies in the enterprise software and infrastructure ecosystems. Companies she covers (or has covered) include Earnin, PayRange, Side and Open Listings. Anoushka has worked across finance, consulting & investing, largely focused on the tech sector. She also has a global childhood, growing up in the UAE, Turkey, Belgium and the United States.
During our interview, we learn some insights on how Anoushka got a role in VC and what she is most excited about in the FinTech...2020-03-3120 min
B2B Revenue Acceleration71: What Venture Capitalists Look for When Investing in Tech Companies w/ Anoushka VaswaniIt’s a confusing world for tech companies. Especially for new tech startups looking for venture capital. How do you set yourself apart from the rest of the tech companies out there? How do you make your company stand apart so that you ensure that you get that crucial injection of venture capital? Thankfully it’s not quite as much of a mystery as it may seem. On a recent episode of the B2B Revenue Acceleration podcast, we sat down with Anoushka Vaswani, a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners for a discussion all around: What her firm looks for How te...2020-02-2620 min