Join Airbase CEO Thejo Kote for a fireside chat with Kate Bueker the CFO of Hubspot on August 18th. Kate will share her tips for growing your finance career, share ideas on mentorship, and talk about the role of finance in corporate governance and the future of the CFO role.
Join Airbase for "Path to Becoming a CFO" in May as we talk to Alfred Lin, a Senior Partner at Sequoia Capital. Learn what VCs expect in a CFO, network with your peers, and get career advice!
The Airbase “Path to Becoming a CFO” monthly interview series will feature the top CFOs, board members and executive recruiters from the Bay Area. Attendees will learn how these industry experts accelerated their careers, overcame obstacles, successfully worked with finance teams of all sizes, and leave each event with actionable insights.
Alfred Lin is a Senior Partner at Sequoia Capital. He serves as its in-house consumer internet specialist. He currently sits on the board of seven companies including Airbnb, Houzz, DoorDash, Dia&Co, and Zipline International. He’s the former CFO and COO of Zappos.
Prior to joining Sequoia, Lin founded Venture Frogs, enjoying eight exits including Ask Jeeves, and OpenTable. Lin served in financial leadership roles for three companies, scaling them from founding stages to successful exits: LinkExchange (acquired by Microsoft for $265M), Tellme Networks (acquired by Microsoft for $800M), and Zappos (acquired by Amazon for $1.2B).
Lin is an applied mathematician (BA Harvard) and statistician (MS Stanford). In 2013, Forbes named Lin as one of the "30 Most Influential People in Tech”.
