This week Steph is hopping on the mic with an incredible human being, Kristina Simmons, the founder and managing partner at Overwater ventures, an early stage venture capital firm that helps founders turn breakthrough technologies that better the health of people and the planet into scalable businesses people love! Kristina and her story were recently featured in Forbes magazine and we just had to get her on the pod to dive into this and beyond. Steph and Kristina riff on Kristina’s shared past over working at Lululemon in the early days and her amazing impact on how Lululemon created their digital voice, her early work with so many incredible companies including Air Bnb and Coinbase, turning adversity into fuel, the origin of the name “Overwater” and how Kristina aims to help founders at a more holistic level, the amazing projects Overwater is currently funding including many focused on women’s health, longevity and climate impact and SO much more goodness!
This podcast will hopefully inspire you to ask yourself questions like..
How do you flex your possibility muscle?
How do you stay positive and optimistic in a sky that might not always be blue and in fact, it
might be a little bit smoky?
Who are you partnering with? And how are you doing it?
And most importantly what makes your heart beat faster?
We absolutely loved this conversation and know we will definitely be coming back to this one in the future to remember the power of getting comfortably uncomfortable!
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LINKS TO TOPICS WE TALK ABOUT:
Corkboard Newsletter: Sign Up
Kristina Simmons: LinkedIn
Forbes Article:How a Spotify Playlist helped startup Vet Kristina Simmons raise a 20 million dollar fund
Overwater Ventures: Website
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