Uploaded July 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Ann Miura-Ko (@annimaniac) has been called “the most powerful woman in startups” by Forbes and is a lecturer in entrepreneurship at Stanford. The child of a rocket scientist at NASA, Ann is a Palo Alto native and has been steeped in technology startups from when she was a teenager. Prior to co-founding FLOODGATE, she worked at Charles River Ventures and McKinsey and Company.
Some of Ann’s investments include Lyft, Ayasdi, Xamarin, Refinery29, JoyRun, TaskRabbit, and Modcloth. Given the success of her investments she was on the 2017 Midas List of top 100 venture capitalists.
In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:
How the space race and a NASA dad lead Ann to venture capital
How the venture ecosystem has evolved, especially for women, since 2001
The importance of living through and experiencing an economic downturn
What Ann believes needs to be changed about our education system to adapt to the coming changes
How AI will impact the job market/economy and why Ann is fundamentally optimism
Why we need more women and diversity in tech
How Ann sees developments in blockchain and cryptocurrency affect our society
Why Ann passed on investing in Airbnb
The little known truth about startup success
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Ann Miura-Ko (@annimaniac) has been called “the most powerful woman in startups” by Forbes and is a lecturer in entrepreneurship at Stanford. The child of a rocket scientist at NASA, Ann is a Palo Alto native and has been steeped in technology startups from when she was a teenager. Prior to co-founding FLOODGATE, she worked at Charles River Ventures and McKinsey and Company.
Some of Ann’s investments include Lyft, Ayasdi, Xamarin, Refinery29, JoyRun, TaskRabbit, and Modcloth. Given the success of her investments she was on the 2017 Midas List of top 100 venture capitalists.
In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:
How the space race and a NASA dad lead Ann to venture capital
How the venture ecosystem has evolved, especially for women, since 2001
The importance of living through and experiencing an economic downturn
What Ann believes needs to be changed about our education system to adapt to the coming changes
How AI will impact the job market/economy and why Ann is fundamentally optimism
Why we need more women and diversity in tech
How Ann sees developments in blockchain and cryptocurrency affect our society
Why Ann passed on investing in Airbnb
The little known truth about startup success
*** http://fringe.fm ***
Prefer podcasts? Subscribe today to get episodes delivered free to your phone:
iTunes: *** http://fringe.fm/itunes ***
Android: *** http://fringe.fm/android ***
