Building Billions with Natalie Dawson

On today's episode, Natalie welcomes Forbes 30 Under 30 in Venture Capital recipient, Shuo Chen.

Shuo Chen is a General Partner at IOVC, where she invests in early stage startups in Silicon Valley with a focus on future of work and enterprise/SaaS. She is also Faculty at UC Berkeley, where she teaches entrepreneurship. Shuo is appointed by California Governor Gavin Newsom to serve as 1 of 13 voting members on California's Mental Health Commission, which includes overseeing ~$2.6 billion annually in state budget and advising the Governor or the Legislature on mental health policy.
In her venture role, Shuo has invested in companies now acquired by Goldman Sachs, Ford, Caterpillar, Binance and Dialpad, as well as now unicorns including Boom, Checkr, Grubmarket, Instacart and Rescale. She has helped portfolio companies close deals with Amazon, Apple, Google, Mercedes-Benz and NASA among others, as well as scaled portfolio companies into Europe and Asia.
Prior, Shuo worked at Goldman Sachs in investment banking, where she worked with clients including Alibaba and Tencent, as well as represented the firm on the Board of Women in Finance. Before that, Shuo was at PwC, where she worked on Google’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola and LinkedIn’s $119 million acquisition of SlideShare. Shuo has also co-authored one of the leading books on financial regulations published by Cambridge University Press in 2019, and sits on the Advisory Board of Forbes China, where she advises on content and awards for Asian Americans in North America.

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In this episode, Natalie welcomes Forbes 30 Under 30 in Education finalist for 2022, Apolonia Rockwell to the show.

From Forbes:

Having grown up in a working class family and witnessing a classmate grieve the death of a father who fell from an oil rig, Apolonia Rockwell was inspired to establish True Safety Services with a mission to bring construction, oil and gas workers home safely every single day. Based in Greeley, Colorado, it offers safety training courses, onboarding, drug and alcohol testing and certifications. Seven years in and a mother of two, Rockwell generates $2 million in yearly revenue with a full-time team of 10.

Learn more about Apolonia on her website, YouTube and Instagram channel!

https://www.truesafetyservices.com

https://www.instagram.com/apoloniarockwell/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQJCBd9ctOtkljI1dbEfOIg

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It's now officially 2022 and with the coming of a new year it's time to talk about your goals. In today's episode of WorkWoman, I'll share with you a simple exercise I do to plan mine and the 5 steps you need to take to reach all of your 2022 goals.

Make sure to pick up TeamWork, my first book, now available on Amazon!
http://cardoneventures.com/teamwork

Can't wait to talk to you in the next episode!

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In this episode, Natalie welcomes Storytelling Keynote Speaker, Author and Expert Kindra Hall to the show.

Kindra is the best-selling author of Stories that Stick: How Storytelling Can Captivate Customers, Influence Audiences, and Transform Your Business. Stories that Stick debuted at #2 on the Wall Street Journal Bestseller List and Forbes said it “may be the most valuable business book you read.” Her highly anticipated second book, Choose Your Story, Change Your Life: Silence Your Inner Critic and Rewrite Your Life from the Inside Out, releases in January of 2022.

Learn more about Kindra at her website:

https://www.kindrahall.com

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In this episode, Natalie talks about the 10 Reasons to Fire an Employee and shares personal stories for each.

Which one of these stories resonated with you most? Let us know in the comments below!

And if any of the situations Natalie describes has happened to you, and you need some support in how you can handle them, consider coming to People Essentials.

It's a 2 day intensive workshop for leaders in the business who need help with managing their team.

Visit cardoneventures.com/people for more info and to sign up!

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