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Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Guo's Investment Philosophy: Supporting Extraordinary People

Sarah Guo explains her decision to become an investor, driven by deep curiosity and a desire to work with extraordinary people. She aims to use her skills to make these individuals more successful, seeing it as a good fit for early-stage investing where the firm can support change.

The tape

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“My decision that from an identity perspective, I was going to be an investor, actually had a lot to do with the idea of I'm deeply curious. I like to understand things. I like to be right. I'm very motivated by working with extraordinary people.”
Sarah Guo
“Of all the skills that I have, using those to make them more successful. So a pretty good fit for early stage investing.”
Sarah Guo
Heard on Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy — “Sarah Guo - Funding the Frontier - [Invest Like the Best, EP.489]”, published Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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