In April of 2017, the Netflix series came out. It was like amazing talent called Girl Boss with a girl who's 22 in San Francisco,. starting an e-bike store called Nasty Gao Being streamed into 130 million homes and 195 countries in almost every language. And then April, and then it's just like the girl boss is, you know, she's not the girl boss... She had to make tough decisions. How dare she? I'm like 20 something and I've never even worked in an office.
Sophia Amoruso, Founder and GP at Trust Fund, joins Jason to discuss her angel investments (1:23), raising a fund publicly (5:54), and the creative process (12:14). Then, they discuss portfolio construction and putting past identities to bed (27:04).
(0:00) Molly kicks off the show
(1:23) Previous angel investing experience
(5:54) Why Sophia is raising a public fund
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(12:14) Branding and the creative process
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(22:25) What stage of investing is Sophia going after
(27:04) Portfolio construction
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(38:44) Pro rata rights
(46:56) Putting past identities to bed
(1:01:18) Fund cycles
(1:05:17) Investing in founders or investing in ideas & more
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