Due Diligence Dulma Altan

A short solo episode on where I've been, the inner transformations I've been experiencing, and some lessons on how to surrender to a more inspired & soul-driven life (and how to deal with the fear energies that hold us back).

Keith Rabois is a cofounder of OpenStore, a platform connecting shoppers and merchants to create the ultimate decentralized "department store" of the internet. Keith is also a General Partner at Founders Fund, one of the top venture firms in the world. He is cofounder and executive chairman of OpenDoor, served on the boards of Yelp and Reddit, was Managing Director at Khosla Ventures, and COO at Square. Keith was an early employee at PayPal and has invested in legendary Silicon Valley startups like YouTube, Airbnb, Palantir, Eventbrite, Lyft, Quora, Yammer and Wish. He was named #8 on the Midas List in 2022 globally and #4 in the U.S.

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Sophia Amoruso is a serial entrepreneur who founded fashion retailer Nasty Gal and media startup Girlboss. She is also the NYTimes bestselling author of Girlboss, a business memoir that sparked a movement, inspired a Netflix show, and became solidly part of our entrepreneurial vernacular. She is now the founder of online course Business Class and VC fund Trust Fund.

What we discuss:


How she has evolved since publishing Girlboss
If she would write another book
Female founders & cancel culture
How to deal with negative press
What else she wants to accomplish
Imposter syndrome
Starting a fund
Being an introverted VC

Resources

Female Founder World (podcast)

My first interview with Sophia in 2015

Business Class (online course)

Trust Fund

Michael Maslansky is a communication strategist and language expert who teaches companies how to effectively connect with customers. As the CEO of Maslansky + Partners, his emotionally savvy coaching has helped numerous Fortune 500s like Pfizer, Starbucks, Bank of America and Microsoft find their footing in times of crisis.

His firm’s polling methodologies and in-depth focus groups have frequently been cited in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, 60 Minutes, Nightline and PBS’s Frontline, among others.

In this episode we discuss:


How to be authentic in your brand messaging & PR
The biggest challenges for brands in today's political landscape
How to effectively communicate with policymakers and regulators
Strategies for navigating "cancel culture"
The case study of Bud Light
How to communicate brand values while protecting reputation
The 4 principles of building trust through communication
And more

Recommended resources:

The Language of Trust: Selling Ideas in a World of Skeptics by Michael Maslansky

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini

The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt

Samyr Laine is an investor, Olympian, and operator with a background in sports & entertainment. He is currently GP of Freedom Trail Capital, SVP of The Creator Project at Raptive, former SVP of Operations & Strategy at Westbrook, and former Senior Director of Operations at Roc Nation. Prior to working on celebrity ventures for Will & Jada Pinkett Smith and Roc Nation, Samyr worked in the sports industry at Major League Soccer and Monumental Sports & Entertainment. He also competed in the London 2012 Summer Olympics in the triple jump representing Haiti after getting degrees from Georgetown Law & Harvard University.

Rich Antoniello is the founder and former CEO of Complex Networks, a youth culture brand and media company that was founded in 2002 and sold in 2015 to Hearst and Verizon and later in 2021 to BuzzFeed.

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Mentioned in the episode:


Collect'd
XSET
Popchew
⁠Female Founder World⁠