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Seed To Exit

Seed To Exit

By: Riece Keck
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 In-depth interviews with startup founders, executives, and investors.

Hosted by Riece Keck, you'll learn from tech leaders about how they founded, scaled, and exited their companies.

If you're preparing to launch your own startup, in the industry and want to expand your knowledge, or just love business and tech, you've come to the right place.

LinkedIn: Riece Keck

Website: vaultrecruiting.com© 2023 Seed To Exit Economics Leadership Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • Odessa Jenkins, President of Emtrain: Important of DEI on Business Impact and What Most Companies Get Wrong About DEI

    Odessa Jenkins, President of Emtrain: Important of DEI on Business Impact and What Most Companies Get Wrong About DEI
    Dec 21 2022

    In this episode, I met with Odessa Jenkins, President of Emtrain and Founder of the WNFC (Women's National Football Conference)

    Emtrain is a Series A eLearning platform backed by Education Growth Partners that focuses on ethics, DEI, compliance, and HR training. 

    In this episode, we discuss: 

    - Odessa's career path and how she took over the President role at Emtrain.
    - How she founded the WNFC alongside a robust career and how to maintain balance.
    -When companies should starting thinking about incorporating DEI into their company values and operations.
    - What most companies get wrong when it comes to DEI.
    - How leadership can embed DEI into their foundational practices.


    Come say hi! Feel free to connect on social, give feedback, or suggest new guests/topics to cover.

    Riece's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/riecekeck/
    Website: www.vaultrecruiting.com
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    36 mins
  • Advice for Early Stage Founders with Mary Grove, Managing Partner at Bread and Butter Ventures

    Advice for Early Stage Founders with Mary Grove, Managing Partner at Bread and Butter Ventures
    Dec 5 2022

    In this episode, I met with Mary Grove, Managing Partner at Bread and Butter Ventures, who gave some amazing advice for early stage founders. Prior to co-founding Bread and Butter Ventures, Mary spent 14 years at Google with her last position as Director at Google for Entrepreneurs.

    Bread and Butter Ventures specializes in seed stage investments in agtech, digital health, and enterprise SaaS. 

    In this episode, we discuss: 

    - Best advice for running a fundraising process from A to Z. 
    - The most common traits she has seen in successful founders. 
    - How to maintain good relationships with a VC partner after investment. 
    - What founders should look for in VCs from a partnership perspective beyond capital. 
    - How seed stage companies are being impacted and how to navigate the current economic waters. 

    Come say hi! Feel free to connect on social, give feedback, or suggest new guests/topics to cover.

    Riece's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/riecekeck/
    Website: www.vaultrecruiting.com
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    35 mins
  • Christine Castro, VP of Marketing: Building an Early Stage Marketing Function

    Christine Castro, VP of Marketing: Building an Early Stage Marketing Function
    Nov 22 2022

    In this episode, Christine Castro shares her insights learned from leading marketing at early stage startups. We discuss: 

    - Christine's background and expertise as a marketing leader
    - Why CMO's have shorter tenure's than most C Suite execs
    - What to look for when making a first marketing hire
    - The most important metric for a marketing leader
    - How to work with CEOs that don't come from marketing backgrounds
    - What to do when building a a marketing function from the ground up

    Come say hi! Feel free to connect on social, give feedback, or suggest new guests/topics to cover.

    Riece's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/riecekeck/
    Website: www.vaultrecruiting.com
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    34 mins

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