Blair Shane - Sequoia Capital

Marketing Heroes is our podcast dedicated to our favourite marketers from around the world, hearing their stories, their views on the state of marketing and their advice for professionals who aspire to transition from good to great. The podcast is presented by Rob Weisz, VP of Marketing.

Our latest episode of the Marketing Heroes podcast features SaaS industry marketing leader Blair Shane.

California-based Blair is CMO & Partner at Sequoia Capital, the powerhouse global venture capital firm, famous for backing Apple, Google, Oracle, PayPal, YouTube, Stripe, Instagram and WhatsApp. She is responsible for building Sequoia’s global brand and helping to guide budding unicorns.

Prior to Sequoia, she was the CMO and Associate Dean at Stanford Grad School, CMO at the California Academy of Sciences and enjoyed senior marketing leadership positions at Charles Schwab and General Mills. She holds an MBA from Stanford and a BA from Johns Hopkins.

Click below for a great chat about marketing, ideas and management.