Rachael has played a pivotal comms role at the biggest consumer internet companies of the last decade, including Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Coinbase, where she was recently VP of Comms. And she's just taken her next leap, joining the crypto team as a partner at A16Z! 

We talk with Rachael about the often misunderstood role of comms at a start-up, why it's better to rip the bandaid off and apologize when a company makes a mistake, and why crypto is such an exciting frontier. 

We wrap up each episode with a shoutout and Rachael highlights Emilie Choi, President & COO of Coinbase. 

The #ANGELS Pod brings you conversations about the latest tech trends with the people inventing and shaping them. You'll hear from our rotating set of hosts, the co-founders of #ANGELS, an investment collective: Jessica Verrilli, April Underwood, Jana Messerschmidt, Chloe Sladden, Katie Stanton, and Vijaya Gadde. 

We’d love to hear your feedback. You can reach us on Twitter @HashtagAngels.

The #ANGELS Podcast is a production of Haitch Industries. Our theme music is by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music. The episode was produced and edited by Edit Audio.

Brianne Kimmel launched her first fund for Worklife in the fall of 2019 and has quickly broken out as a new emerging fund manager. She funds companies building the future, in her own words:  “Where work is more creative and anyone can start something. Where life is more flexible and not tied to an office. Where everyone is a triple threat.” She’s backed standout companies like Hopin, Deel, Pipe, Public, Charthop, and others and we chat with Brianne about how she’s done it as she gears up for Fund II.

We dig into how she spends her time (hint: helping companies recruit is key!), why community is an important foundation for Worklife, and how to scale the relationship driven parts of the job.

We wrap up each episode with a shoutout and Brianne highlights Paige Doherty who recently wrote a book, “Seed to Harvest: A Simple Explanation of Venture Capital”, helping make venture more accessible and understandable.

The #ANGELS Pod brings you conversations about the latest tech trends with the people inventing and shaping them in Silicon Valley and beyond. Hosted by the co-founders of #ANGELS, an investment collective: Jessica Verrilli, April Underwood, Jana Messerschmidt, Chloe Sladden, Katie Stanton, and Vijaya Gadde. 

We’d love to hear your feedback. You can reach us on Twitter @HashtagAngels.

The #ANGELS Podcast is a production of Haitch Industries. Our theme music is by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music. The episode was produced and edited by Edit Audio.

Steven Galanis, CEO of Cameo, has built one of the most fascinating companies in the creator economy and Jana and Katie sit down with him to hear how he did it. They explore his early entrepreneurial roots of running a party business in college, how he overcame the cold start problem of getting a marketplace flywheel going, and how he founded the company in Chicago and has now transitioned to running a fully remote team while based in Miami.

The #ANGELS Pod brings you conversations about the latest tech trends with the people inventing and shaping them in Silicon Valley and beyond. Hosted by the co-founders of #ANGELS, an investment collective: Jessica Verrilli, April Underwood, Jana Messerschmidt, Chloe Sladden, Katie Stanton, and Vijaya Gadde. We cover personal stories about breaking into tech and scaling up, and inside looks at the most interesting startups, from the people building them.

We’d love to hear your feedback. You can reach us on Twitter @HashtagAngels.

The #ANGELS Podcast is a production of Haitch Industries. Our theme music is by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music. The episode was produced and edited by Edit Audio.