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About Sarah Lacy
In 2007, she broke the story of Facebook’s $15 billion valuation, before it had meaningful revenue, exposing how Silicon Valley’s narrative machinery inflated startups long before metrics justified it. That same year, she co-founded PandoDaily, a rare venture-funded media startup that insisted on editorial independence and refused venture capital from the very ecosystem it covered. Her 2008 book 'Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good' didn’t just profile founders, it dissected the cult of the solo genius, revealing how early teams, not lone visionaries, built enduring companies. She’s spent two decades calling out the industry’s contradictions: championing diversity while documenting how VCs systematically excluded women-led startups; praising disruption while tracking how 'move fast and break things' eroded labor rights and civic infrastructure. Her voice is skeptical but not cynical, grounded in deep sourcing, financial literacy, and a journalist’s refusal to let jargon substitute for accountability.
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- “What really happened behind the scenes at the 2007 TechCrunch50 conference that changed your view of startup hype?”
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