Mercedes Bent is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, a multi-stage venture capital firm with offices around the world. Previously she served as General Manager at General Assembly (acquired, 2018) where she oversaw a multi-million dollar business line. Mercedes chat's with Will Lucas about how engaged VCs should be with startup operations, how she recommends founders vet their potential investors, and how she thinks about her investments ways other than just bottom-line returns.
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