Venture with Leslie
Leslie Feinzaig, Alex WilhelmStartups, money, power, and parenting. Heavy on the honesty with a dash of spice.
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I was planning to post something completely different this week. Something about venture capital and the irrationality of high-risk, illiquid, long-term investing, and how that shapes our communication and behavior.
But I just couldn’t br...
Starting the year with Cautious Optimism
I asked to be my first live fireside of 2026 so we could talk about the year ahead - in tech, finance, policy and power. At least in theory, that was why.
In practice, we talked about everything from parenting to AI to how big VC has coz...
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GP @ Graham & Walker Venture Fund. Founder @ Female Founders Alliance. Mom to two little girls.
Financial and technology journalist. Dad. Thinker of medium thoughts. Mostly boring.
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