Podcast #4 | Kate Mitchell: "Applying a Growth Mindset to Boards."

In this episode, I talk with Kate Mitchell, a co-founder of Scale Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley-based firm that invests in early stage tech companies. Kate is past chair and board member of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and is active in policy matters that impact entrepreneurship, start-ups, innovation and inclusion.

In the fourth episode of the Boardroom Governance Podcast, Evan Epstein talks with Kate Mitchell, a co-founder of Scale Venture Partners, a Silicon Valley-based firm that invests in early-in-revenue technology companies that are looking to scale. She and the Scale team have backed successful, high growth companies including ExactTarget (Salesforce), RingCentral (NYSE:RNG), HubSpot (NYSE:HUBS), Box (NYSE: BOX), DocuSign, and Omniture (Adobe). 

Kate is past chair and board member of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and is active in policy matters that impact entrepreneurship, start-ups, innovation and inclusion. She co-authored the IPO section of the 2012 JOBS Act and is currently working on additional legislation to help small company IPOs. More importantly for this podcast, Kate is a very experienced board member in public, private and non-profit boards. Kate is also a Kauffman Fellows mentor and a commentator on technology trends for CNBC Squawk Alley.

You can listen to the episode directly at www.boardroom-governance.com (where you can find the episode notes), or wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and more.

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