Catch Up With David: with Chief Executive Officer of Nextdoor, Sarah Friar
In this episode of CatchUp With David, Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon sits down with Sarah Friar, chief executive officer of Nextdoor, at the firms annual Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco. They discuss her experience growing up in Northern Ireland, her journey to Silicon Valley where she first entered into the startup world as chief financial officer and face of Square and her commitment to expanding opportunities for both local and womenrun businesses. Friar, who joined Nextdoor last year, describes the companys mission to build stronger communities, whats different about Nextdoor versus maybe other social media sites is you actually dont know the people that youre joined and connected to. So very few people in the U. S. today know their neighbor. But by bringing people together in an online way youre actually helping to create the conduit for them to get together in an offline way. As Friar aims to grow the platform and connect neighbors around the world, shes tapping into t
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