40 Minute Mentor

Episode 256

September 25, 2024

Replay: Claire Valoti on becoming one of Business Insider’s most powerful women in Tech

Whether you’re an aspiring GM, leader in Tech or are navigating the workplace after becoming a parent – you won’t want to miss today’s 40 Minute Mentor.

In today’s Replay episode, we’re revisiting our conversation with the brilliant Claire Valoti, prolific angel investor and Founding Partner of Haylo Ventures.

When we had Claire on the podcast, she was VP at Snapchat, where she grew Snap’s EMEA region to over 1 billion in revenue with 20x headcount growth and a 5x productivity boost.

In today’s episode, you’ll hear more about…

“Being a mum is my superpower. If a company doesn’t want my superpower, then I don’t want to be in that company.”

Claire Valoti

Tune in to discover

Claire’s brilliant career from media and advertising into Tech [01:25]

The lessons she learned from her parents owning a Hotel [03:50]

The importance of public speaking in any career [08:55]

What an early career in agency land taught her [11:00]

Progression does not mean leaving the company you’re with [15:40]

Highlights from working at Facebook [18:00]

Moving to Snapchat & being hired while pregnant [19:50]

Advice for aspiring GM’s [22:00]

A typical day at Snapchat [25:50]

Challenges of scaling a team [28:15]

Collaborating across different countries and timezones [31:25]

Driving DE&I from the top down [35:15]

What Claire looks for when assessing talent [39:30]

Listen on

Helpful links

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➡️ Follow Claire on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevaloti/?originalSubdomain=uk

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