Sarah Hodges is a Partner for the early stage venture capital firm Pillar.

If you sat down with Sarah two years ago and asked if she'd want to become a venture capitalist, she would have shaken her head and said, "Absolutely not!" But she changed her mind after having a heartfelt conversation about Pillar's mission and values with founder and VC veteran, Jamie Goldstein.

In Today's Episode You'll Hear

• How Sarah made the transition from corporate, to founder to venture capitalist.
• How startup founders should prepare to have a conversation with a venture capitalist and what they can do to knock it out of the park.
• Why Pillar wants to be anything but a traditional VC firm by building a company that focuses on alignment, relationships and support for founders.
• How venture capital contributes to innovation
• Why Sarah is going all-in on the Boston tech ecosystem and what they have that Silicon Valley does not.

Full show notes at www.themanilafolder.net/pillar-venture-capital

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