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Seed to Harvest
🎙️ Seed to Harvest | Stories from Technical Storytellers
Welcome to Seed to Harvest, the podcast by Behind Genius Ventures.
We talk to early-stage founders, operators, and investors—people building with code and conviction. Each episode is a chapter in their story: from the messy beginnings to the quiet pivots, from planting ideas to growing companies that matter.
Expect:
🌱 Honest conversations on the earliest chapters of company-building
🧠 Tactical insights from technical minds with narrative soul
✨ Reflections on resilience, rituals, and reinventing what’s possible
This podcast is for the builders who think in frameworks and metaphors. The ones who whiteboard in wild places. The ones writing their own mythologies—one commit, pitch, or poem at a time.
From spark to story.
From seed to harvest. 🌾
Seed to Harvest
Village Global Co-founder Anne Dwane on Founding Networks Versus Building Networks, How Chegg’s Name Originated From “The Chicken or the Egg” Question, and Supporting The Ecosystem Through Scout Programs | Seed To Harvest Ep39
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 Anne Dwane from Village Global, an early stage venture fund backed by some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs such as Jeff Bezos, Sara Blakely, Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman, Magic Johnson and Anne Wojcicki. Previously she co-founded Military.com, a social and professional network for service members and veterans that was acquired by Monster. Also, she was the CEO at Zinch, a network connecting students with colleges and scholarships. Zinch was acquired by Chegg, where she served as Chief Business Officer, before and after the IPO.
00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Anne Dwane
05:31 Building a venture firm vs. work as a founder
10:33 The founding story of Village Global
15:08 Advice for individuals just starting out in venture
20:14 Origin of Chegg
24:53 Quick hack on investor updates
30:22 Figuring out how to fine tune your process as an investor
Show notes:
Anne Dwane | https://twitter.com/adwane?lang=en
Village Global | https://www.villageglobal.vc/
Zinch | https://www.chegg.com/
Military.com | https://www.military.com/
Christopher Michel | https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelchristopher/
Monster.com | https://www.monster.com/
Adam Corey | https://mobile.twitter.com/frumpy