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In this episode, I speak with Miki Reynolds, CEO of Grid110, on supporting the development of the early stage startup ecosystem in Los Angeles, transitioning from her roles at MGM Studios and 20th Century Fox to running an early stage start-up accelerator, and building community programs to support founder success.

Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, a children's book about venture.

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Slauson and Co | 10:02

Austin Clements | 10:08

AJ Relañ | 10:08

MGM Studios | 16:20

20th Century Studios | 16:21

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In this episode, I speak with General Partner at Calm Company Fund Tyler Tringas about creating a venture fund model committed to sustainable growth, operating asynchronously, mitigating capital constraints within a management company, and the reason why Calm Company Fund and SureSwift Capital started the annual conference, Founder Summit.

Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, a children's book about venture.

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Tiger Global | 8:12

Arlan Hamilton's Twitter | 17:08

Founder Summit | 18:13

Calm Company Fund 3 Article | 24:27

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In this episode, I speak with Josh Schlisserman, one of the founding partners of Behind Genius Ventures, about the lessons we learned starting our first venture fund in our 20’s, the timeless friendships we’ve made along the way, and the challenges we’ve overcome. If you’re an emerging manager or thinking of starting your own fund, I definitely recommend listening to this episode.

Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, a children's book about venture.

Josh's Twitter | 0:09

 Paul Pajo's Twitter | 1:11

Sumeet Gajri's Twitter | 11:13

Arjun Sethi's Twitter | 11:32

Andy Weissman's Twitter | 12:15

Kanyi Maqubela's Twitter | 19:23

Pallet | 27:26

Kai Han's Twitter | 27:39

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In this episode, I speak with Lavonya Jones, Director of the Georgia Social Impact Collaborative, about teaching college courses in the Metaverse, her investor role models, her growth coaching model for founders, and her impactful work in historically Black colleges and Hispanic serving institutions.

Seed to Harvest is a new podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.

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Georgia Social Impact Collaborative  | 00:50

Oculus Headsets | 5:46

Brandon Brooks LinkedIn | 7:26

Arlan Hamilton | 7:55

Melissa Bradley | 8:15

Randall Pinkett | 8:52

HubSpot | 12:25

 Consciously Funded | 21:10

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On this episode, I speak with Molly Wood, newly minted VC at Launch and podcast co-host for This Week in Start-ups, about how 20 years of journalism helped her identify powerful storytellers. We also discuss how impactful narratives within historical fiction teaches pattern recognition, and the sense of community behind podcasting.

 Seed to Harvest is a new podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.

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Make Me Smart | 0:15

How We Survive | 0:24

CNET  | 2:05  

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates  | 3:35

Buzz Out Loud  | 9:58
 
Termination Shock | 15:21

Eat Like a Fish |  15:42

The Power Law | 16:40 

Along the Infinite Sea | 17:36

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We're back with Season 2 of Seed to Harvest! In our first episode, we catch up with Gaby Goldberg, early stage investor at The Chernin Group about club penguin, virgil abloh, investing in web3, launching a Pallet board, and internet native curators. Gaby is currently an investor at the Chernin Group, focusing on the intersection of crypto x consumer. Previously, she was an investor at Bessemer & Chapter One. 

Seed to Harvest is a weekly podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, a children's book about venture.

Today's Show Notes:

Gaby's Web3 Reading List: https://gabygoldberg.notion.site/f7050e62461143d49345e7b46eb5576b?v=c02511c4230c44ce9a1a03c9757da524
Bright Moments: https://twitter.com/brtmoments
Devin at Mad Realities: https://twitter.com/DevinLewtan
Gaby's Pallet Board: https://web-3.pallet.com/jobs
Gaby's Twitter: https://twitter.com/gaby_goldberg
Gaby's Writing: gaby.mirror.xyz

Follow Paige on Twitter to keep updated on new episodes of seed to harvest: https://twitter.com/paigefinnn
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ABkSwDw8SZk

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Seed to Harvest is a new podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.

On our thirteenth episode, I speak with Luke Girgis, the CEO of The Brag Media and Lamppost Capital GP, about his artist and record executive career, bringing Rolling Stone to Australia (along with many other media brands), investing at the earliest stages and talent management. 

Show notes: 

Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman's book: https://www.amazon.com/Amp-Unlocking-Hypergrowth-Expectations-Intensity/dp/1119836115

Luke's Twitter: https://twitter.com/LukeGirgis

Jason Calacanis's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Angel-Invest-Technology-Startups-Timeless-Investor/dp/0062560700/

Alexis Ohanian: https://twitter.com/alexisohanian

Simon Giertz: https://twitter.com/SimoneGiertz

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Seed to Harvest is a new podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.

On our twelfth episode, I speak with BGV LP Dr. Joel Palathinkal about his journey from punk rock drummer to running a fund accelerator for emerging managers. Joel is the CEO at Sutton Capital, a firm focused on investing in innovative tech companies & the managers that back them. I participated in one of the first cohorts of his emerging manager program, arguably one of the best kept secrets in this ecosystem. 

Show notes: 

Sutton Capital Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/suttoncapital/

Joel's linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelpalathinkal/

Joel's Twitter: https://twitter.com/joelpalath
  

Thank you to our sponsor for Season 1 - Stripe. Over the past decade, Stripe has supported the growth of the most ambitious businesses, including Shopify, Lyft, and Kickstarter. In fact, Kickstarter was able to scale to accept payments from 195 countries, all supported by Stripe’s payments platform. 

Stripe uniquely knows how to support startups; from their 'Atlas' product that allows you to turn your idea into a business, by helping you incorporate quickly; to their 'Capital' product that provides funding to help scale your startup—Stripe has tools you need to grow your business and if you want to learn how Stripe can support you, visit stripe.com today.

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Seed to Harvest is a new podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.

On our eleventh episode, I speak with Halle Kaplan-Allen about Twitter, venture operations, being outside Silicon Valley, the verticalization of creators, our thoughts on DAOs, venture ecosystem operations and generally getting into the weeds of venture. Halle is currently leading growth and marketing at Sydecar, a private investing platform, and was previously at AngelList. She runs arguably one of the best-kept secrets in venture, the Automatter newsletter. We first met on Twitter in 2020, and immediately hit it off.  

Show notes: 

Emerging Manager Toolbox: https://automatter.substack.com/p/the-emerging-manager-toolbox?s=r

The year everyone became a creator: https://automatter.substack.com/p/the-year-that-everyone-became-a-creator?s=r

Automating Ecosystem Operations; https://automatter.substack.com/p/automating-ecosystem-operations?s=r

Why is Everyone talking about DAOs: https://automatter.substack.com/p/why-is-everyone-talking-about-daos?s=r

Heather Hartnett: https://twitter.com/HeatherHartnett

Nik Milanovic: https://twitter.com/NikMilanovic

Haley Bryant: https://twitter.com/haleymbryant

Samir Kaji: https://twitter.com/Samirkaji

Ben Tossell: https://twitter.com/bentossell

Halle's twitter: https://twitter.com/____hka

Sydecar: https://www.sydecar.io/
  

Thank you to our sponsor for Season 1 - Stripe. Over the past decade, Stripe has supported the growth of the most ambitious businesses, including Shopify, Lyft, and Kickstarter. In fact, Kickstarter was able to scale to accept payments from 195 countries, all supported by Stripe’s payments platform. 

Stripe uniquely knows how to support startups; from their 'Atlas' product that allows you to turn your idea into a business, by helping you incorporate quickly; to their 'Capital' product that provides funding to help scale your startup—Stripe has tools you need to grow your business and if you want to learn how Stripe can support you, visit stripe.com today.

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Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.

On our tenth episode, I speak with two BGV portfolio founders, Shail and Andy, about Supply Chain, Gaming Magic, and Founder Advice. 

 Shail Mehta is the CEO of The Last Gameboard, a digital tabletop gaming platform backed by TVC, Riot Games, BGV. Growing up the child of immigrants in Manhattan, Kansas, Shail learned to speak English through playing board games. Her love for the connection games brought to her life followed her throughout a corporate career until she could no longer ignore the call. 

Andy Hoang is the CEO of Aviron, a game-based rowing machine backed by Stripes, Mark Mastrov, Samsung Next, Y Combinator. Based in Toronto, Andy was previously the COO at i3 international in Toronto. 
 

Career Pages: 
https://lastgameboard.com/pages/careers
https://aviron.breezy.hr/

Thank you to our sponsor for Season 1 - Stripe. Over the past decade, Stripe has supported the growth of the most ambitious businesses, including Shopify, Lyft, and Kickstarter. In fact, Kickstarter was able to scale to accept payments from 195 countries, all supported by Stripe’s payments platform. 

Stripe uniquely knows how to support startups; from their 'Atlas' product that allows you to turn your idea into a business, by helping you incorporate quickly; to their 'Capital' product that provides funding to help scale your startup—Stripe has tools you need to grow your business and if you want to learn how Stripe can support you, visit stripe.com today.

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