The Hard Part with Evan McCann

Neil Grunberg from Storytime Capital

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Neil Grunberg is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Storytime Capital.


Storytime Capital is a VC focused on early-stage (Pre-Seed & Seed) investments. They primarily focus on technology solving the Future of Work.


Previously Neil was a Co-Founder at AlayaCare (~$300M raised) and was at Workbrain and part of the "Workbrain Mafia".


Takeaways

  • What made Workbrain so special and Neil's experience there.
  • Genesis story of AlayaCare.
  • What made AlayaCare's culture so strong and leading with empathy.
  • Building and maintaining Co-Founder relationships.
  • Fundraising insights (AlayaCare raised close to $300M)
  • Checking your ego and Neil's experience working on product, strategy, corp dev, etc.
  • How a founder's role changes throughout the life of a company.
  • How to build a strong corp dev function.
  • Why start a VC firm and what it is like having perspective as an operator, founder and now investor.
  • Why the future of work thesis.
  • Major shift in software solutions.


    • Chapters

    00:00 The Workbrain Experience

    06:20 The Genesis of AlayaCare

    10:39 Co-Founder Relationships and Empathy

    14:33 Fundraising Insights

    17:06 Evolving Roles in Startups

    23:38 Corporate Development Lessons

    29:23 Building a Community as an Investor

    34:27 Future of Work Thesis

    38:21 The Shift in Software Solutions

    41:03 The Investor's Perspective

    45:29 Personal and Professional Excitement

    48:09 Handling Hard Times


    Keywords

    Workbrain, AlayaCare, co-founder relationships, fundraising, corporate development, future of work, software solutions, investor insights, community building, resilience

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