Susan Lyne's unusually broad operating career across magazines, television, e-commerce, and digital media—from founding editor of Premiere to President of ABC Entertainment to CEO of Martha Stewart Living and Gilt—shapes how she evaluates founders, as each role forced her to become a beginner again and challenge assumptions. She focuses specifically on backing founders who combine lived experience of a problem with real operating skills, particularly women building for underserved segments like deskless workers and solopreneurs, drawing from her multi-decade pattern of championing women's stories and audiences in both legacy media and tech. Susan Lyne's unusually broad operating career across magazines, television, e-commerce, and digital media—from founding editor of Premiere to President of ABC Entertainment to CEO of Martha Stewart Living and Gilt—shapes how she evaluates founders, as each role forced her to become a beginner again and challenge assumptions. She focuses specifically on backing founders who combine lived experience of a problem with real operating skills, particularly women building for underserved segments like deskless workers and solopreneurs, drawing from her multi-decade pattern of championing women's stories and audiences in both legacy media and tech.