Producing ‘This Week in Startups’ with Rachel Braun

Just Grow With It with Natalie Barbu

Natalie Barbu

Education, Business, Entrepreneurship, How To

4.8 • 982 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Episode 161: If you are fresh out of college or looking to pivot your career into the startup world, this episode is for you! Natalie is joined by producer, content creator, and podcast host Rachel Braun. Rachel is the producer of one of the top tech podcasts, This Week in Startups, and knows a thing or two about what it takes to gain the attention of investors. Natalie and Rachel discuss what it is really like to work at a venture capital firm and how to stand out if you are looking to break into a new industry. They also share tips to get noticed on Twitter and LinkedIn and how one tweet could land you your dream job, just like it did for Rachel. Today’s episode dives into: How to make connections in the venture capital space The characteristics of a great start up and founder What to look for in an investor and how to assess the value they may bring to your company Advice for pivoting industries Thank you so much for being a part of our podcast community! Please be sure to rate, follow, review, and of course, post to your highlight reel. Follow your host Natalie on Instagram @nataliebarbu and @therealreelpodcast. Follow Rachel on Twitter @_rachelbraun Thank you to our sponsors for making this episode possible. Check out these deals just for you: TAILOR BRANDS - Get 40% off when you go to tailorbrands.com/realreel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast nation.
0:03.0	Nation.
0:04.0	I thought you had to have a finance degree.
0:07.0	I thought you had to have a finance degree.
0:12.0	I thought it was very similar to investment banking with how rigid it was.
0:16.0	Now looking back at it, there are so many different backgrounds and nobody has the same timeline.
0:21.0	Similar to a founder where there's not one path to becoming a founder. same time
0:23.4	like similar to a founder where there's not one path to becoming a founder. I don't think there's one path
0:25.8	to becoming a VC like obviously a lot of people say come an operator work at your own
0:29.8	startup or like go get an MBA and then become a venture capitalist.
0:33.4	But I don't necessarily think there's one set and stone path.
0:39.1	Welcome to the Real Real where I take you behind the Instagram reel and into the real lives of entrepreneurs, content
0:45.4	creators, and anyone who inspires me and may inspire you too.
0:49.2	I'm your host Natalie Barboo and let's get into it.
0:59.7	Hello everybody and welcome back to the real rail podcast with me, your host Natalie Barboo.
1:02.0	I have been getting a lot of messages this week and I don't
1:04.4	know if it's just because my previous guests have been really amazing or if
1:10.0	it's just like more people are listening to podcast I I don't know what it is, but I'm getting
1:13.7	a ton of messages this week that you guys have been loving the episodes. So thank you so much. I always love
1:19.3	when I see that you re-share them, when I get good reviews, when I see you guys
1:24.1	DM me saying that you have been listening to the podcast, it makes me so
1:27.5	happy and I'm very happy that some of you have even mentioned that you've been
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