Austin Woods Talks On The Process of Finding and Funding Founders
Innovation City
English - July 07, 2020 10:00 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsBusiness Education business innovation miami startups stlouis venturecafe Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
"Venture capital and funding is definitely a game of relationships." — Austin Woods
Today’s guest is Austin Woods, Analyst at Lewis and Clark Ventures. Early into his career, Austin knew he wanted to leave behind academia to pursue a less conventional life as a venture analyst. He made the segue with a desire to build business models that would help improve educational and social outcomes. The possibilities for better economic approaches in different social systems is what inspires his work. In this episode, Tyler and Leigh-Ann sit down with Austin to explore his approach to "getting the boots on the ground" when it comes to solving problems, finding more interesting ways to meet the needs of ventures, producing quality publications, and much more!