Quote: "This world is small, the more you pitch, the more you'll get to those with a pool of money."
The Afropolitan Podcast highlights Afropolitans who embrace the unknown and walk with purpose. Through this podcast, we aim to empower Africans in the Diaspora to maximize their potential and contribute to the development of a vibrant and progressive black community.
In this episode, we chat with Elizabeth Yin, Co-founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups. Elizabeth shares her journey to becoming a VC and her mission to level the playing field for pre-seed funding.
Elizabeth's passion for business, technology, and investing led her to create Hustle Fund with her co-founders. In this episode, Elizabeth talks about her fundraising experiences, the different fundraising processes, and the misconceptions about being a VC.
Listen and enjoy as Elizabeth offers insights and advice to early-stage founders navigating the bear market, recruiting and retaining talent, and entering the world of Web3 and crypto.
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Show Notes:
1:33 Elizabeth's journey to becoming a partner at Hustle Fund
4:04 Misconceptions about being a VC
5:57 Elizabeth's most successful exit
7:29 Different fundraising processes for startups
10:26 Advice for founders on recruiting and retaining talent long-term
14:11 Advice for aspiring venture capitalists
16:47 Elizabeth's fundraising experience and tips for founders
20:57 Thoughts on sky-high valuations for startups
22:09 Advice for startups entering the bear market
23:57 VC that has had a major impact on Elizabeth's growth
25:44 Elizabeth's most significant encounter with failure and lessons learned
30:09 Elizabeth's introduction to crypto and Web3
32:19 The Hustleverse/Crypto Shift initiative
34:13 Downside to Web3
35:42 Books that have profoundly impacted Elizabeth’s life
37:49 Elizabeth’s perspective on what it means to be Afropolitan
The Afropolitan Podcast is hosted by Eche Emole, co-founder of Afropolitan. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Jamit, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Connect with Afropolitan:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/afropolitan
Website - https://www.afropolitan.io/
Learn the strategies behind tech and crypto within the African diaspora. We demystify the pathways to limitless value creation within these emerging technologies and the communities around them.
