Seed to Harvest

Night Ventures Investor Emily Herrera on Investing as a Form of Curation, Comparing Star Signs, and Our Favorite “OG” Youtubers | Seed To Harvest Ep37

October 31, 2022 Paige Finn Doherty Episode 37
Seed to Harvest
Night Ventures Investor Emily Herrera on Investing as a Form of Curation, Comparing Star Signs, and Our Favorite “OG” Youtubers | Seed To Harvest Ep37
Show Notes

Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.

Today, I’m joined by Emily Herrera, creator and investor from Night Ventures. If you don’t already know Emily from Twitter, you may know her from her previous roles as the Regional Community Lead for Built By Girls and a venture fellow at On Deck, Republic, Dorm Room Fund, and Contrary. Before becoming an investor at Night Ventures she worked at Harlem Capital and BBG Ventures. Em is also the founder and Syndicate Lead for The Wiress, the women student-startup network for young women defining, using and creating technology. 

00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Emily Herrera

03:47 Emily's Love of Fan Fiction Culture

06:46 How Emily's star sign affects her investing

11:16 How Wiress Started

16:25 Defining a "vibe check"

23:55 The pressure for young people to be creators

32:11 Who has made the greatest impact on Emily's journey?

Show notes:

Emily Herrera | https://twitter.com/emilyhxrrera

Night Ventures | https://nightventures.com/

Ben Matthews | https://twitter.com/bentwitr

Wiress | https://www.thewiress.com/

Girls Who Code | https://girlswhocode.com/

Built by Girls | https://www.builtbygirls.com/

Nisha Dua | https://twitter.com/nish67

BBG Ventures | https://www.bbgventures.com/

Cody Ko | https://www.youtube.com/c/codyko