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When to take a meeting (VC School) + Fungi Flour: Hyfé Foods Founder Michelle Ruiz (Climate) | E1488

Jun 19, 2022
49:13

For this week's VC Sunday School,  Molly asks Jason about when to take a meeting with a founder (2:18). Then for This Week in Climate Startups, Molly speaks with the CEO and Founder of Hyfé Foods, Michelle Ruiz (16:43). Finally, as we're off tomorrow, we wrap with a couple of Juneteenth book recommendations (44:15).

(0:00) Jason and Molly intro today’s show!
(2:18) VCSS: When to take a founder meeting
(12:00) LinkedIn Marketing - Get a $100 LinkedIn ad credit at https://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups
(13:18) Investing internationally: Sequoia announced an $850 million southeast Asia fund and a $2 Billion India fund
(16:43) TWiCS: Michelle Ruiz, CEO + Founder of Hyfé Foods
(21:15) Embroker - Get an extra 10% off insurance for your business at https://Embroker.com/twist
(22:28) Breaking down the process of wastewater + how Hyfé Foods capitalizes
(32:13) BairesDev - Go to baires.dev/twist and get $10k off when you sign your first contract
(33:27) More on Hyfé Foods’ process to make flour
(44:15) Outro: Juneteenth book recommendations

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