Purpose, Passion, & Perseverance

Our final episode with Jessica Li as she answers questions based on the topics from our last 3 episodes that began all the way back on Friday, April 24th.  She eloquently provided insightful responses to my questions, which I think it's worth listening to. She also has opted to provide her time and resources to help black founders during these very challenging times in our country. More information about that  below:  Questions asked:  From Episode 1: The COVID-19 Impact on entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists  We talked about the impact of COVID-19 on entrepreneurs and businesses back on April 24th, what has changed from then to now Friday, June 5th? Based on your current duties at work and recent interviews with entrepreneurs/investors,  Do you think this economic crisis is different from the previous crisis? From Episode 2: Female Founders  What are some of the current opportunities that female founders and investors should be aware of? What are the top 3 fem

This is our third episode with Jessica Li.  Jessica is an investor on Soma Capital and Content Head @Elpha. You can learn more about Jessica and her work via this centralized resource that she put together recently for founders, investors, and operators. Please make sure you check that out as well.  Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, we weren't able to record the entire session to touch on AI and startup space in China, however, we were able to cover most of the interesting topics that Jessica  had intended to share on this episode on china from the impact of the 2008 financial crisis and 2012 turning point of China, and lastly, China's unique real estate market dynamics.  It was a very resourceful session and hope you enjoy it! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jacob-fohtung/support

In this  second episode of this informative series with Jessica Li as she shares me her insights on the following key issues on women in the entrepreneurship and VC including:  -Women Pitching companies to VCs  -Female focused VC fund: Some examples below: Chloe Capital IFundwomen Jane VC Female Founders Fund BBG Ventures SoGal Ventures -Female focused startup communities:  TopKnot Swaay bSmart Chief-The Private Network for Women Leaders -Advice for female investors at male-dominated funds  [Great lessons within this podcast) -Advice for female founders  Please check out Jessica Li's blog wherein she has interviewed (and continues to) outstanding women in entrepreneurs and VCs. Please check it out.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jacob-fohtung/support

In Episode 1 of a Part 4 Series, Jessica Li talked about COVID -19 Impact on the Venture Capital space through the lens of the key points below.  Soma Capital is a fund built by founders, for founders in San Francisco, CA. "Soma is founded by Aneel Ranadive, who has +10 years experience building startups and investing seed in over 100 startups including Cruise, Rappi, Embarktrucks, Astranis, Atrium and Lambda School (combined valuation of over $30b across all portfolio co’s). Aneel works with his father Vivek Ranadive, founder of Tibco (sold for $4.3bn to Vista). Tibco software includes big data, analytics, event processing and cloud services. Tibco originally digitized Wall Street and powers 80% of Fortune 500 companies including many of the biggest banks, airlines, retailers, hotels, casinos, and government services. Vivek has also been involved at the early stages with all time greats like Google, Yahoo, eBay and even mentored Steve Jobs in the early days of Next." (From Soma Capital Website) Key Points in

This provides a glimpse of why I started this podcast and what’s in store in the coming weeks! Stay tuned :) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jacob-fohtung/support

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Take one step at a time to invest in yourself! This is the final episode of this series: Investing in Yourself!

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