The Webby Podcast

S10 E07: Rex Woodbury

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Nov 29, 2022
Rex Woodbury, Partner at Index Ventures and founder of Worthy, discusses tech trends, niche business models, LGBTQ+ support, performative nature of Instagram, parasocial relationships in the creator economy, investing in niches of the internet, and opportunities in change and aging population.
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ANECDOTE

Coming Out Sparked A Mentorship Project

  • Rex Woodbury came out at the end of his sophomore year and struggled without direct role models or mentors.
  • That gap in support inspired him to start a simple mentor matching system that evolved into the Worthy app.
ADVICE

Design Mentorship As A Two-Way Flywheel

  • Make mentorship platforms scalable and self-serve so more matches happen without manual work.
  • Encourage mentors to also be mentees to create a flywheel of supply becoming demand and vice versa.
ANECDOTE

Instagram Fueled Early Growth

  • Worthy initially grew almost entirely through Instagram in its early days.
  • Social media enabled rapid community discovery that would have been hard otherwise.
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