Gabby Contro grew up in a family of entrepreneurs and artists with a father who was also a VC, which shaped her early fascination with founders and led her to move from EY into venture investing at Crosslink Capital starting in 2013. She left only to pursue an MBA at Harvard Business School and work at Pinterest's sales operations team before returning to Crosslink, giving her both a decade-plus tenure at a single firm and direct operating experience at a scaled consumer tech company. Gabby Contro grew up in a family of entrepreneurs and artists with a father who was also a VC, which shaped her early fascination with founders and led her to move from EY into venture investing at Crosslink Capital starting in 2013. She left only to pursue an MBA at Harvard Business School and work at Pinterest's sales operations team before returning to Crosslink, giving her both a decade-plus tenure at a single firm and direct operating experience at a scaled consumer tech company.