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Kristen Faulkner ’s astonishing Olympian success of two gold medals stem from lessons learned from her former vocation as a venture capitalist .
Faulkner was an associate investor at Threshold Ventures , and at Bessemer Venture Partners before that , leaving the VC world in 2021 to quest after cycling . She was n’t ab initio scheduled to ride in the 158 - kilometre ( 98 - air mile ) road cycling race but took her mate Taylor Knibb ’s spot at the last minute . Faulkner passed the favorites to win gold that day . She won a second medal as part of the Au - winning U.S. women ’s velodrome track cycling team .
“ As a VC , you sit down down with entrepreneurs every single Clarence Day who are going to do something they ’re passionate about . They have these big idea . They ’re taking risks,”she told Fortune , total that such intellection helps her winnings races . “ If a VC thinks there ’s a 50 % chance the company is going to be successful , that does n’t intend they go 50 % all - in for the ship’s company . When you invest , assess the risk and make your decisiveness , but then you go all - in . You do n’t look back . You have to send . I think that ’s something that shaped me . ”
