Making the Transition From Founder to Venture Capitalist

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

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Making the Transition From Founder to Venture Capitalist is an episode from The Manila Folder by KC Jorgensen.

This episode is 21:42 long.

This episode was published on Apr 3, 2018.

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