19: Megan Quinn, General Partner at Spark Capital

Coinbase. Slack. Affirm. Wealthfront. Medium. All generational companies with general founders. Each of these companies has gone on to become valued at $1B+ and have created lasting impact in their respective industries. As a venture investor, becoming involved with any one of these companies would be considered a grand success. Megan Quinn, GP at Spark Capital, has been involved with all of them. It was a thrill to chat with Megan. Aside from a successful investing career with both Kleiner Perkins, where she led a number of the firm's early-stage and growth consumer investments, and Spark Capital, Megan was an operator at both Square and Google. As Square's Head of Product, she led strategy and development of the company's products across merchant and consumer audiences. At Google, Megan spent seven years at Google where she held various leadership positions in marketing, business development and product management. She oversaw the development and launch of some of the company's most successful products, including Google Maps.  This conversation was a ton of fun. Megan and I discussed a number of topics including: (1) her infamous rise to Head of Product at Square (just 2 weeks after being hired in as Director of Risk), (2) her fascination with maps and her time at Google leading the Maps team, (3) investing in Coinbase and her outlook on crypto and (4) her important work as co-founder of the non-profit AllRaise.