Sarah Lacy

About

Sarah Lacy is the Founder and CEO of Chairman Mom and Pando Media. She's been covering technology for nearly 20 years, previously for BusinessWeek, TechCrunch and many other publications. She's the author of "Once You're Lucky; Twice You're Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0" (Gotham, 2008); "Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos" (Wiley, 2011) and the forthcoming "A Uterus Is a Feature Not a Bug" (Harper Business, 2017). She lives in San Francisco.

Articles

Too Crazy to be Lucky

Today's best tech entrepreneur (and CEO of SpaceX + Tesla) shares his thoughts on crashing cars, saving the planet and running out of runway.

An Unbelievable Journey

The CEO of AirBnB on his improbable rise from bodybuilding to building a $30B Business.

How Daniel Became Goliath

Co-founder and CEO of Spotify on passion, persistence and the evolution of streaming music.

10 Years Later e-commerce is back in fashion

The CEO of Bonobos on better fitting pants, $100M in capital, and why men should embrace a world run by women.

Streaming the Future of Fitness

The Co-Founder of Peloton describes how they stunned skeptics and proved a threat to boutique fitness.

Against Considerable Odds

Founder & CEO of Walker & Company on courage, patience, and building things that solve problems.

The $70 Million Dog Sitter

Co-founder and CEO of DogVacay on deliberate growth, watching dogs to make ends meet and building a business on trust.

Empowering Women & Finding Your Genius

Co-founder and CEO of Madison Reed on resilience, transforming DIY hair color and managing from love, not fear.

Dreaming in Technicolor

Co-Founder and CEO of Thrillist talks fatherhood, working with family and helping people do the things they love—better.

Staying Cool

Co-founder and CEO of Dropbox talks about his YC experience, funding and the not-so-good times.

Crafting Success

Former CEO of Etsy talks about his unconventional journey at the helm of 1.8M DIY-or-DIE crafters.

Building Community Nextdoor

Co-Founder and CEO of Nextdoor, a social network for neighborhoods, talks about being 'out of sync' with the Valley all around him, and how he and his team have handled recent scandals.

Billion Dollar Baby

Co-Founder and CEO of Instagram shares stories from the road, lessons learned along the way, and what it's really like working with Mark Zuckerberg.

Expecting Chaos

The prolific internet entrepreneur and investor shares stories about the hard-fought success at PayPal, discusses his failures and what it was like at the very peak of the dot com bubble.

Scaling your Startup... with Soul

The Co-Founders of SoulCycle share how they took their business plan scrawled out on a napkin and scaled it into a spinning phenomenon that is sweeping the nation—one stationary bike at a time.

Timing Isn't Everything

The Co-Founder and CEO of Care.com talks about the winding road she took - from a small coconut farm in the Philippines to becoming one of a handful women CEOs leading a publicly traded company.

Seriously Entertaining

The Co-Founder and CEO of Buzzfeed shares his journey to success, his focus on community, and how he turned viral prankery into a billion dollar empire.

Fashionably Relentless

The Founder of Girlboss Media talks about the ups and downs of starting her first company, NastyGal, and how she has been able to productize her unique attitude and sense of style.

Living The Dream

The Andreessen Horowitz co-founder shares stories of his early years in Silicon Valley, the Loudcloud "IPO from Hell", his partnership with Marc Andreessen, and lists his top five Silicon Valley founders of all time.

Making Room At The Table

The Founder of Ellevest talks about her experiences as one of the most senior and prominent women in the financial world, and why she left Wall Street on a mission to close the gender investing gap.

Serving Up Justice

The President of Corporate Development at Superfly, Jennifer is an industry powerhouse. Here, she shares stories of resilience and the power she gained after becoming a mother.

Bursting The Bubble

The Former AOL Chairman and CEO shares lessons about perseverance and forward-thinking that startups can learn from today.

Risky Business

The Co-founder of Union Square Ventures shares why experience running a company doesn't always make a better Venture Capitalist and how he has learned what doesn't work on the Web.

Thinking Outside The Box

The Co-founder of Box talks about lessons learned on the road to IPO, shares his thoughts on the NSA, and how he has navigated leading a public company in a volatile market.

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