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Portfolio Pitch is a Slice’d Podcast production powered by Startup Blogpost where investors share their learnings and personal experiences. Listeners gain valuable insights into the individuals that make investment decisions that can be critical to a companies success. During the podcast, our host will get to know the investor behind the investment and what it takes to be successful in raising capital from institutional investors.

  1. Chris Erickson and the Value Add of Empathy

    02/03/2022

    Chris Erickson and the Value Add of Empathy

    Chris spent the beginning of his career building companies as a founder, an experience that he attributes to his success as an investor. Range Ventures was born out of the desire to grow Colorado into the next billion-dollar market over the next 10 years. On today's episode, Emily and Chris chat about why Range would pass on a deal, the Range field trip, and how they use empathy as their value add.

    40 min
  2. Michael Mizrahi and How What Goes Around Comes Back Around

    01/20/2022

    Michael Mizrahi and How What Goes Around Comes Back Around

    Michael Mizrahi was born and raised in Los Angeles and never plans on leaving. After finishing college at USC, Michael wanted to explore venture capital and discovered Wavemaker Partners. Based out of Santa Monica, Wavemaker is a cross-border venture fund with headquarters in the US and Asia. On today's episode, Emily and Michael chat about how Michael got into venture, 3-D printed rocketships and why you should become an expert in a certain field.

    29 min
  3. Gavin Christensen and The Importance of Playing the Long Game

    01/13/2022

    Gavin Christensen and The Importance of Playing the Long Game

    As a military kid and curious adult, Gavin Christensen found himself in many places before settling back into Utah around 2007, where he had the idea of a firm that catered towards the mountain west region. After a rocky start, Kickstart is now the most active investor in Utah. On today's episode, Gavin sits down with Emily to discuss Kickstarts funds, why storytelling is crucial to a successful pitch deck, and the importance of playing the long game.

    41 min
  4. Eunice Chendjou and Why Being Diverse is a Superpower

    01/06/2022

    Eunice Chendjou and Why Being Diverse is a Superpower

    Eunice was born in Cameroon and moved to the US to pursue higher education. After graduating from Louisiana Tech, Eunice worked as a Product Consultant and Analyst at Apple before starting her first company, DataGig. Eunice would soon become a serial entrepreneur and an investor advocating for African founders. In today's conversation, Eunice and Emily discuss Eunice’s impressive background, a couple of her favorite port co’s, and she shares her tips for overcoming rejection for both founders and investors.

    41 min
  5. Haley Zollo and Why You Need To Be Your Own Advocate

    12/16/2021

    Haley Zollo and Why You Need To Be Your Own Advocate

    Haley was educated in Accounting and Finance at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. Beginning her career by working in Strategy, and Analytics, Haley helped build out TrunkClub and later, Mac + Mia’s strategy before pivoting into venture. On today’s conversation, Emily and Haley discuss being a woman in VC, some tips for founders, StartingLines exciting portfolio company's and why you should be your own advocate

    38 min

  6. 12/09/2021

    Natty Zola and The First Call Capital Approach

    Natty grew up in Boulder, Colorado and attended the University of Maryland where he ran track and studied Finance. Before diving into the finance world, Natty and his childhood best friend built a company to help travelers record and share their trips with friends and family after returning home from a backpacking trip abroad. They scaled and sold that company to AOL and Natty, now bit by the entrepreneurship bug, began his career as Managing Director at Boulder Techstars. In today's, episode Natty walks Emily through his journey from entrepreneur to investor, why pivoting is encouraged, and Natty’s personal philosophy for living a good life.

    36 min
  7. Kate Beardsley and The Power In Starting Your Own Firm

    12/02/2021

    Kate Beardsley and The Power In Starting Your Own Firm

    Kate Beardsley studied English and played basketball at Middlebury College in Vermont, a college well known for its language arts. So how did Kate get involved in Venture? Well, it started with Martha Stewert. In today's episode, we learn how Kate went from Chief of Staff for Martha to an investor with incredible intuition and her own firm, Hannah Grey.

    45 min
  8. Anna Mason and Why Leveraging Early Capital Will Drive Economic Growth

    11/18/2021

    Anna Mason and Why Leveraging Early Capital Will Drive Economic Growth

    Anna studied Political Science and Government at Harvard, and after some time on the Hill, she decided to pursue a career where progress happened faster than a glacial pace, so, Anna went to Wall Street. In today's episode, Anna and Emily discuss her experience as one of the only women on the Wall Street trading floor, how being a successful founder helps her as an investor, and why Rise of the Rest is leveraging early-stage capital to drive economic growth.

    27 min
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Portfolio Pitch is a Slice’d Podcast production powered by Startup Blogpost where investors share their learnings and personal experiences. Listeners gain valuable insights into the individuals that make investment decisions that can be critical to a companies success. During the podcast, our host will get to know the investor behind the investment and what it takes to be successful in raising capital from institutional investors.

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  • Creator
    Startup Blogpost
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    14
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Startup Blogpost
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    Portfolio Pitch