Cleo Sham - From Uber to VC
The theme of my new book, Work/Life Flywheel, which will be published in January 2023, is reimagining your career without fear. As well as the fantastic podcast interviews you've heard over the past few months, I've been deep into the research phase since the start of the year. I've spoken to all sorts of people from different industries and backgrounds. Everybody has a unique story to tell about the decisions they've made in their careers, and I've loved the process.
In the book, I'll break down why building a Work/Life Flywheel is the most effective tool to set yourself up for sustainable success in the new world of work. It's on that latter point where we begin today's podcast, which is a bitesize conversation with Cleo Sham, Partner at Stride the UK-based early-stage venture capital firm.
Before joining Stride in 2021, Cleo's illustrious career took her from McKinsey to Merrill Lynch before becoming General Manager of Uber in China. She scaled the business from 3000 to 4 million weekly trips and $700 million in revenue. She subsequently ran Uber's ridesharing business in EMEA before moving to Spotahome, a Series-B stage prop-tech marketplace. After two years there, she took a much-deserved sabbatical before jumping from operator to investor at Stride.
We had a great conversation in which we talked about managing stress and burnout in start-ups, the most exciting themes she sees in workforce tech, transferrable skills for people pivoting careers, and the importance of creativity for founders and investors.
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