AssociateGate

In this episode, we chat with Lexi Burbey. Lexi works as an investor at Sound Ventures, previously at G Squared. Lexi talks about starting a company in college, how you have to be really honest about your values with a founder, how she differentiates herself by actually buying the product and finally how she memorizes customer quotes to make a company look really good in investment committee.

In this episode, we chat with David Malloy. David works as an associate at Tech Square Ventures. David talks about how quoting Spongebob made him memorable, how he builds relationships with founders before investing in them and books that might help you land a venture job.

In the season opener, I chat with Zehra Naqvi, an investor at Headline. Zehra's multifaceted background as a founder, analyst, marketer, community manager, and now venture capitalist makes her the perfect first guest to help affirm the message of why associates like her help founders secure funding from leading venture capitalists. In this episode, Zehra discusses her background, how she ended up at Headline, her core value add to founders, common misconceptions, and finally, some advice for budding associates who are trying to break into the venture capital industry.