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No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis

#119: Nextdoor Sarah Friar: Being a risk taker

No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis

ABC News

Business, Careers

4.7703 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Sarah Friar spent six years as the CFO of Square before becoming the CEO of Nextdoor in October 2018. From actual gold mines to Goldman Sachs to Salesforce, Sarah's experience has taken her around the world, but CEO wasn’t necessarily a title she had her sights set on. On this episode, Sarah discusses her path to the c-suite, learning to be a risk taker and handling the tradeoffs along the way. Congratulations to our No Limits Entrepreneur of the Week: Jules Miller, CEO and Founder of The Nue Co. Find out more: https://www.thenueco.com/ Want to be a featured NLEOTW? Know someone who should? Send your nominations [email protected] Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! It’s easy! Click here: http://bit.ly/2ks4f90 ABOUT REBECCA JARVIS: Rebecca Jarvis is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and the Chief Biz, Tech and Econ correspondent for ABC News. Follow Rebecca Jarvis: www.Instagram.com/RebeccaJarvis www.Twitter.com/RebeccaJarvis www.Facebook.com/RebeccaJarvis https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-jarvis-217ba052/ Snapchat: RebeccaJarvis “No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis” is produced by Taylor Dunn and edited by Brittany Martinez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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0:00.0

I've always been a risk taker, like, you know, it's my advice for anyone that ever

0:07.2

asked for mentorship. I'm like, just go fly, leap off the cliff. Like, what have you got to lose?

0:13.5

From ABC, it's no limits. I'm Rebecca Jarvis, and each week we're talking to the most bold and

0:20.4

influential women laying at the top of their game,

0:23.8

trying to demystify success and what it really takes to get there and all of the tradeoffs.

0:29.6

Whether you're looking for answers or you just want to hear a good story, you're in the right place.

0:36.7

On today's episode, Sarah Fryar knows her way around Silicon Valley.

0:41.6

Even though her life started in Northern Ireland, she found herself at Stanford Business School

0:46.6

in the 90s and never left the area. She's worked with the likes of Salesforce's Mark Benioff,

0:52.4

whom she considers a mentor, and was Jack Dorsey's right

0:55.7

hand and CFO at Square. But recently, she says she made her hardest career decision to date,

1:01.8

leaving her role at Square, which she called the best CFO job in the world, to become CEO of

1:07.9

Next Door, a social network connecting people to their neighbors.

1:11.5

On this episode, Sarah talks about taking risks, breaking down the roadblocks we sometimes

1:16.3

create for ourselves, and knowing when to be patient and impatient in your career.

1:21.5

That's such an important one.

1:23.1

Plus, what she says the future of social media and privacy looks like.

1:27.4

Here's Sarah Fryer.

1:29.7

Sarah Fryer, welcome to No Limits. Thank you so much. Such a pleasure to be here. I'm so excited to

1:35.3

have you here. The last time we saw each other was a couple years back. You were the CFO of Square

1:39.2

at the time. That's right. Now congratulations. You're the CEO next door. I know. Heading places, right? Is that how it feels?

1:47.4

It feels great. I think I've hit the rocket ship. I think the most exciting thing going on right now in Consumer Internet, and I'm going to tell you all about it. But it really has felt like a very easy transition.

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