Profile: Journalism to Silicon Valley - The right call for Plunkett
By Will McLennan in Media News on Friday, 24th January 2025 at 11:18amSandy Plunkett remembers the daunting move from Australia to Silicon Valley almost 30 years ago to enter the venture capital world.
At the time, Plunkett was the editor of Business Review Weekly (BRW), Australia’s most popular weekly business magazine and she’d carved out a reputation as one of the most influential journalists in Australia covering the technology sector.
“Moving across to Silicon Valley definitely opened my eyes. I dropped a lot of the naivety and any ideology I had - that was significantly reduced. And in return, what I got was a good dose of realism for me,” she said.
“The business side of it was incredibly eye-opening for me. So, I don't think I could be proud of my writing now without having that VC experience.”
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