Bits & Pretzels #8 A Silicon Valley's Spin Master's Guide to Crisis Communication

Margit Wennmachers, has helped many founders to build their brand out of nowhere and helped in reputation management. She is an operating partner at the Silicon Valley based VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, one of the most prestigious investment companies in tech that has backed hundreds of startups, including Facebook, Airbnb, Twitter and Slack. Wired calls her "one of the most talented spin masters in the technology industry". CNN names her "the real queen of Silicon Valley". In this podcast we explore with Margit how founders could model scenarios and set up a crisis process. And we discuss how a PR disaster could actually help to make your company better. Hosts: Britta Weddeling (@bweddeling), Editor-in-Chief of Bits & Pretzels (@bitsandpretzels) Featuring: Margit Wennmachers (@wennmachers), operating partner at Andreessen Horowitz (https://a16z.com/) More to explore: Visit our website: https://www.bitsandpretzels.com/podcast Follow us: Twitter: @bitsandpretzels Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bits-&-pretzels If you like the show, please let us know by leaving a review. You can also send us feedback directly at [email protected].