Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting - 76. Lessons Learned from a Failed Startup and Turning a Side Hustle into a Venture Fund with Annie Evans

76. Lessons Learned from a Failed Startup and Turning a Side Hustle into a Venture Fund with Annie Evans

07/27/21 • 28 min

Mommy's on a Call | Holistic Health, Wellness & Mindfulness for Modern Moms, Entrepreneurship, Mindful Parenting

Annie Evans is the founder of Dream Ventures and a former founder operator turned angel investor and connector helping founders reach their fundraising goals and secure partnerships that are transformative for early stage businesses. She invests in companies that make the world a better place. Annie is also the mom to a 2 year old boy.

In this episode we dive into...

The 2 most important lessons she learned from her failed startup, Beautified
Turning free “pick your brain” sessions into paying customers
What not to do when starting a company
The story behind launching Dream Ventures and how she picks companies to invest in
How motherhood changed her mindset and strategy on startups

Follow Annie at

Website: www.dreamventures.co
IG: @dreamventures.co

To book a complimentary call to just pitch your idea and get some advice, send Annie an email at [email protected]

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Come join me in my sandbox of life and in this podcast to explore, play and discover something new every single week.

Subscribe and tune in weekly because I know you've yelled "Mommy's on a Call" at least once in the last week!!!

For show notes, visit www.MommysonaCall.com

Stephanie's Website
IG: @MommysonaCall // @StephanieUchima

In this episode we dive into...

The 2 most important lessons she learned from her failed startup, Beautified
Turning free “pick your brain” sessions into paying customers
What not to do when starting a company
The story behind launching Dream Ventures and how she picks companies to invest in
How motherhood changed her mindset and strategy on startups

Follow Annie at

Website: www.dreamventures.co
IG: @dreamventures.co

To book a complimentary call to just pitch your idea and get some advice, send Annie an email at [email protected]

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Come join me in my sandbox of life and in this podcast to explore, play and discover something new every single week.

Subscribe and tune in weekly because I know you've yelled "Mommy's on a Call" at least once in the last week!!!

For show notes, visit www.MommysonaCall.com

Stephanie's Website
IG: @MommysonaCall // @StephanieUchima

Previous Episode

75. From Lawyer to Top Organizing Expert: Learning to Let Go of Physical Stuff with Rachel Rosenthal

Rachel Rosenthal is an organizing expert, founder of Rachel and Company, a Washington, DC-based professional organizing firm and above all the mom to identical girl twins.

In this episode, we chat about

Her journey from being a lawyer to launching her side hustle full-time as an organizing expert
Her biggest business lessons learned during the Pandemic
Raising twin girls as a single mom and launching a company
How to declutter kid stuff (especially the toys)
How to let go of physical stuff (especially when emotions are involved)

Since 2007, Rachel's firm has worked with 3000+ clients, and teamed up with prominent brands, including West Elm, Pottery Barn, The Container Store, and Four Seasons. Rachel is a TODAY Parenting Contributor and her organizing tips and expertise has been seen by millions and in 100+ publications, including Real Simple, Martha Stewart, House Beautiful, The Rachael Ray Show, and local NBC, ABC, and Fox morning shows. Rooted in the belief that organization can be achieved by all, Rachel emphasizes solutions that are easy to use and enhance a home’s existing aesthetic.

Follow Rachel at

Website: www.rachelrosenthal.co
IG: @rachelorganizes

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Come join me in my sandbox of life and in this podcast to explore, play and discover something new every single week.

Subscribe and tune in weekly because I know you've yelled "Mommy's on a Call" at least once in the last week!!!

For show notes, visit www.MommysonaCall.com

Stephanie's Website
IG: @MommysonaCall // @StephanieUchima

Next Episode

77. An Unfiltered Look into the Life of a Bad A** Work-From-Home Mom of 3 with Megan Harper

Megan Harper is a work-from-home mom of 3 kids who recently launched a marketing agency after a successful career in marketing and product growth.

Before kids she was a trained sommelier and worked at some of the top restaurants in NYC. After her son was born she left the restaurant world to work in start-ups and make her name for herself running her funny Instagram account, @girlgonechild_ (formerly @girlgonechildinnyc) which showcases the life of an ex-party girl turned young mom navigating her life in NYC being a working mom and trying to have it all.

During the Pandemic Megan relocated her family to Charlotte, NC where she was working-from-home as the Head of Product Growth for Tinybeans and Red Tricycle in between homeschooling, running after a toddler and breastfeeding. After being laid off from her job only a month later, her post on adding her pandemic parenting experience to her resume went viral and led her on the path to launching her own marketing agency so she could work with many companies, not just one.

In true Mommy’s on a Call fashion, this episode is filled with kids screaming, husbands walking in, and nursing babies, which is a perfect snapshot of what real work-from-home during a pandemic mom life looked like. Megan and I had a real honest, unfiltered, and unapologetic conversation about the struggles of motherhood and managing a career.

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