Take a Pause: bouncing back from offer rescinded to building relationships that matter (ft. Olivia Goldstein)

Olivia Goldstein is a General Partner at StartFast Ventures. She previously founded RepHike and led it through to acquisition.

In this episode, Olivia shares the value in:

• Embracing career pivots
• Taking on challenges and putting yourself out there
• Doing good and giving back

Highlights

(06:22) Embracing an unexpected career pivot from the CIA

(08:57) Moving from the US to India to join a startup

(12:28) Founding RepHike

(16:16) Learnings as a first time founder

(17:15) The decision to be acquired

(18:41) The importance of relationship building

(21:29) Transition from founder to investor

(24:15) Overview of investing

(27:05) Proudest personal and professional accomplisments

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Guest Bio

Olivia Goldstein an operator turned VC who is passionate about supporting entrepreneurs.

She started working in tech first as a "connector" then moved into product growth & driving adoption through strategic partnerships. She founded RepHike, a software company in the brand ambassador / influencer marketing space. After a few years, she led the company through to its acquisition. Now, she supports high growth founders in Upstate NY through a non-profit (UVC) and investing in world-changing B2B SaaS companies through StartFast Ventures.

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