Lauren and Jenna discuss why Collaborative Fund operates like a startup, the firm’s 2016 focus on ‘whole child development,’ and Lauren’s personal evolution as an investor.
Learning Points
- Lauren’s focus on ‘whole child development’
- How design sensibility reveals strong brand identity in early stage startups
- Balancing head and gut in venture capital
- Inside Lauren’s personal investment process and the questions she asks before partnering with a startup
- The unifying quality linking Collaborative Fund’s portfolio companies
- Lauren’s observations and role helping young founding teams navigate growth
- Lauren’s personal evolution as an investor and why she had to accept that not all investments will be successful
- The early career lesson that shapes Lauren’s investments and why you should “pull the string” when you sense something is astray