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. 🌾

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How I built trust on Twitter, got Forbes 30U30, and raised $5 million at 23 | Seed to Harvest Ep50

February 13, 2023 • Paige Finn Doherty • Episode 50

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In this special episode, I talk about how I built trust on Twitter, got Forbes 30U30, and raised $5 million at 23. I share tips to prevent mistakes that emerging managers make raising their first fund. I will be answering questions concerning interactions on Twitter, demographics of LPs, managing how to network and build relationships with founders alongside raising a fund, sharing information and touching base with LPs, and my methodology for contacting LPs periodically throughout the year.

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.

Connect with Paige

Behind Genius Ventures blog | https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/

Personal Blog | https://paigefinndoherty.com/

Twitter | https://twitter.com/paigefinnn

00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Paige Doherty
05:09 So much of yourself is the fund
10:15 The demographics of LPs in Fund l
15:02 The 3 specific responsibilities of Founders

Show notes:
Marlon Wayne | https://www.linkedin.com/in/marlonwayne/

Impulse | https://www.impulse.win/

Meagan Loyst | https://twitter.com/meaganloyst

Gen Z VC | https://www.genzvcs.com/

Transact Global | https://www.transactglobal.co/

On Deck Angels | https://www.beondeck.com/post/oda1

Heather Hartnett | https://twitter.com/HeatherHartnett

Jenny Lefcourt | https://twitter.com/jennylefcourt?lang=en

Katie Stanton | https://twitter.com/KatieS

Andy Weissman | https://twitter.com/aweissman

Bain Capital Ventures | https://baincapitalventures.com/

Tribe Capital | https://tribecap.co/

Washington Post Article | https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/23/gen-z-venture-capital/

San Diego Tribune Article | https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/story/2021-05-14/how-this-22-year-old-sdsu-grad-raised-1-6-million-to-invest-in-underrepresented-entrepreneurs

CBS Channel 8 video on Paige | https://www.cbs8.com/video/news/local/sdsu-grad-invest-underrepresented-entrepreneurs/509-64f6d846-6da3-49cc-994b-88ebd34fa365

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