Stepping Outside Your Norm: Whit Bouck, Managing Director of Insight Partners
Aug 23, 2022•42 min•Ep. 22
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Episode description
Host Neha Sampat, CEO of Contentstack, and Managing Director of VC firm Insight Partners, Whit Bouck, drink a glass of a Pinot Noir from France and discuss the “winding road” of Whit’s career, her playbook for successful acquisitions, and what she learned working with Guy Kawasaki and Marc Benioff.
Insight Partners is a New York-based VC firm partnering with the world’s leading software ScaleUps for over 25 years, including Neha’s own company, Contentstack.
Neha and Whit discuss:
- What to do when you don’t feel ready for big career shifts
- Advice for choosing a new job
- Signs a company is becoming a scaleup
- Why stepping outside your norm is important
Other show notes:
- Here Comes the Sun is Whit’s wake up song
- Any books that provides a variety of viewpoints are Whit’s recommendation for her 19-year-old-self
- Montrachet is Whit’s wine recommendation
Follow Host Neha Sampat on LinkedIn and @nehasf
Follow Guest Whit Bouck on LinkedIn and @WhitneyBouck
Follow Insight Partners on LinkedIn and @insightpartners
Follow @Contentstack
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