Caryn Seidman-Becker
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
She was head of trust and safety at Airbnb.
We are rolling on our product roadmap right now because we've changed the foundation of our technology and have the capability to launch more products in a more flexible and expedited way.
We were stymied over the past few years on doing what we wanted to do, but we've also changed our internal foundation in order to do it more quickly.
to not be afraid to be contrarian, to look to the future.
His vision on companies like Amazon were really incredible.
So he could see the future.
He could talk about it.
He could understand how that was going to play out in the financials.
Again, going back to the qualitative and the quantitative little story, which is Bill bought the name Ariance from me for a dollar after we closed it.
He loved it and he bought it.
He named his boat it.
So sometimes I think people see this beautiful yacht sailing around the Mediterranean and think it's mine because it's Arian, which is fine.
To not be afraid to buy low, to stay with your conviction and dollar cost average down.
Bill's a philosophy major, as is my daughter.
She's a history and philosophy major.
He brings a lot of history and philosophy to investing.
And I think it's both incredibly interesting and very relevant.
Sometimes I'm surprised at the lack of big picture questions.
We're right here.
The long term's made up of a bunch of near terms, but I feel like you would want to understand the long term to understand how the near term fits into it.