GHP #82 - VC #6 - Democratize Wealth Through Entrepreneurship with Elizabeth Yin!

Episode 82 is with Elizabeth Yin, Co-Founder & General Partner at Hustle Fund!

Hustle Fund makes pre-seed investments into the fastest-growing start-ups. With a team of former founders, Hustle Fund understands how amazing AND terrible startup life is and brings that authentic element to the table.

Elizabeth Yin was a former partner at 500 Startups where she invested in seed stage companies and ran the Mountain View accelerator. In a prior life, Elizabeth co-founded and ran an ad-tech company called LaunchBit (acq. 2014). Since then, she has reviewed over 20,000 startup pitches from around the world in the last few years and has helped numerous portfolio founders raise hundreds of millions of dollars.

She details her transition to venture capital from being a founder, what Hustle Fund stands for and looks for in founders and their companies, indicators of a good VC, dealing with investment regret, and much more!

Hustle Fund
https://www.hustlefund.vc/

Elizabeth Yin
https://elizabethyin.com/

Timestamps
 2:10 - A Day in the Life
 3:55 - Elizabeth’s Transition to Venture Capital
 8:40 - Indicators of a Good VC
13:20 - The Best Way to Become a VC
15:30 - The Changing VC Landscape
18:27 - The VC Model - Fundamentals
21:00 - What does Hustle Fund look for?
26:10 - Dealing with Investment Regret/FOMO
27:13 - Lightning Round