30. How Did You Become a VC?
Paparelli Podcast
English - August 13, 2021 15:00 - 2 hours - 88.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business entrepreneurship startup founder small business angel investing raising money Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Blake started life in Jamestown, North Carolina. He is the son of a career army non-com and the first in his family to go to college.
From there it was all upside.
D1 Swimming Scholarship
President’s Advisory Council at Georgia Tech
Wallstreet
Startup entrepreneur
Successful exit
Led international expansion for a public company at 28
And this story ends with Blake becoming a successful VC. He is just about to close Tech Square Venture’s Fund II.
What blew me away was how his life-long relationships carried him from one opportunity to the next. But there was a break in his career where he chose family first.
Give this conversation a listen and learn the secrets of a successful life, even in technology.