Navigating Sand Hill Road (Red Herring)

“I think only the most competitive, passionate individuals actually make it to partner, and to make it at a young age—having devoted the key years of your career to this—you think ‘this had better work out,’” she says. “I think that’s making for a new generation of motivated, success-driven VCs, which is good, because I think venture is harder now than it’s ever been.”

(Lucinda Stewart, OVP Venture Partners)