38 min

#46 - Mel Strong (Founding Partner @ NEXT Ventures) on transitioning from a major corporate into VC, identifying DNA traits of good founders, and sub-verticals to monitor within sports tech Confluence.VC

    • Entrepreneurship

This week we had on Mel Strong (@girlstrong) at NEXT Ventures.

NEXT is a first-time fund designed to invest in sports, fitness, nutrition, and wellness. Mel is one of three managing partners at NEXT, and before joining the team, she spent the bulk of her career building and designing products at Nike.

In this talk, we discuss:


Transitioning from a major corporate into VC
Identifying the DNA traits of successful founders
Sub-verticals of interest within sports, fitness, and nutrition



📫 For weekly insights from the next era of investors and operators, make sure to subscribe to Confluence.VC Weekly.

This week we had on Mel Strong (@girlstrong) at NEXT Ventures.

NEXT is a first-time fund designed to invest in sports, fitness, nutrition, and wellness. Mel is one of three managing partners at NEXT, and before joining the team, she spent the bulk of her career building and designing products at Nike.

In this talk, we discuss:


Transitioning from a major corporate into VC
Identifying the DNA traits of successful founders
Sub-verticals of interest within sports, fitness, and nutrition



📫 For weekly insights from the next era of investors and operators, make sure to subscribe to Confluence.VC Weekly.

38 min