Jaclyn Johnson

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489 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 27 Apr

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I think this is 2011, 2012.

And those conversations, one, women were rarely having them.

Women were rarely getting investment.

But especially angel investors did not look like me.

They were not in the same financials.

financial position as me.

It was just like not an opportunity that you got often.

And really, my first toe that I dipped into angel investing was through Jen Rubio, who is most well known as the founder of Away Luggage.

But previous to that was like in different roles at different companies like Warby Parker, All Saints, etc.

And we had been friends

Since those days, kind of working together, collaborating on things.

And so when she wanted to start her own company, it wasn't even that she came to me to angel invest.

She just told me, hey, we're raising our friends and family round where people can invest in the company early.

That's what we're in town for.

They were in Los Angeles, her and her co-founder.

And for whatever reason, I just said, well, I'd be interested in angel investing, even though I genuinely had no clue what that meant.

Totally.

And so for me, my question was, I was like, well, what, how much are you looking for?

And they were like, it's a $10,000 minimum.

And so for me at the time, I think the way I thought about it was a few things.

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