#6 What’s Love Got To Do with It? Jessica Peltz-Zatulove’s Tough Love Advice for Entrepreneurs

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What’s the stereotype of a VC? It’s someone with a computer science degree, an MBA, who ran a startup. The door seems closed to anyone who doesn’t meet those requirements.
Meet wunderkind Jessica Peltz-Zatulove, the exception to the rule. Jessica, a Madison Avenue veteran turned venture capitalist at kbs+ Ventures, a corporate VC fund, invests in transformative technologies that big media and advertising brands are seeking. Jessica answers many of the most common questions about VCs: where a corporate VC fits into the VC landscape, what she looks for in founders, the homework entrepreneurs should do in advance of meeting VCs and how to avoid the most common mistakes made with investors. Jessica puts a very human face on venture capital when she talks about the unconditional love/conditional like relationship she has with the entrepreneurs she funds. Listen to hear more of Jessica’s tough love advice: it will make you a lot smarter about the type of money you should be seeking!

Notes

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a16z Podcast on iTunes

The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital on iTunes

Good to Great on iBooks

Additional Reading

Interested in a Career in Venture? 6 VCs Tell You How by Kelly Hoey, Inc.

The FBiOS Affair: Why Advertisers Should Care by kbs+ Ventures, Medium

Machines Of Loving Grace: Messaging, Personalization & AI by kbs+ Ventures, Medium

Stanford eCorner Podcast

The Rise Of Corporate Venture Capital by Ryan Caldbeck, Fortune

Dear Investors: So You Want to Take Diversity Seriously (Part 1) by Mitch & Freada Kapor

The 104 Most Active Corporate VC Firms CB Insights

List of Female Angel and Early-Stage Investors in Tech by Mackenzie Burnett, Medium

Guest bios & transcripts are available on www.broadmic.com.