51: Gesche Haas | Founder of Trailblazer Ventures

Trailblazer Ventures is a startup lab with a mission to increase
female-founded ventures. Trailblazer’s first product is a type of
social network called Dreamers // Doers, which helps
entrepreneurial and influential women find each other. #Timestamp
01:00- If Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg Had a Baby 01:30-
Dessert, but more specifically with a warm chocolate and vanilla
ice cream 02:10- Gesche’s Story. Born in Africa, to Germany,
Malasia, Beijing, Hong Kong, and New York – Half German and Half
Chinese 03:00- How Trailblazer Ventures Started – Seeing Initial
Impact and How Gesche Doubled Down On Her Passion – The Product
Facebook Used To Be (Curated and high touch community) 05:05-
Ah-Ha Moment! – She Liked Her Job At the Venture Firm, But Didn’t
Love It! 08:15- How Her Upbringing Helped Define Who Gesche Is
Today 09:08- Benefits of Living in The States and Also In New
York – We Are More Open Minded and Focused on Progress and
Appreciation For Diversity. There is so much that’s happening and
can happen with New York’s Density.” 11:00- Early Struggles of
Dreamers // Doers – Making Sacrifices To Make It Work – Having a
Heathly Mindset 12:20- Things That Were Supposed to Work, But
Didn’t – Gesche Tried Starting a Typical Startup, But It Didn’t
Work For Their Culture 14:50- If you could pitch to one person,
who would it be? 15:30- Failure and How Gesche Overcame It –
Initial Incorporation of The Business, and Filing an S Corp in
Delaware 16:45- Habits That Have Helped Gesche More Efficient –
Journaling – Evernote 22:00- Other Forms of Tech Gesche Uses –
Pocket – Tap Stack 23:05- What Is Your Why? and Embrace Things
That People Perceive As Negative 25:12- Gender Roles and Tips
28:25- What Can Men Learn From Women, In The World Of Business
What Is Your Why? “Realize why you’re doing what you’re doing.
Every path that you can pick has certain things that are amazing
and crappy. Trying to figure out why you’re going that route.
Your idea, who you’re dealing with. Then embrace it. We obsess
too much with things that are negative.” Embrace Things That
People Perceive As Negative “Our biggest strength is also our
biggest weakness. Figuring it out and making yourself succeed.
For example, I’m creative, but I need structure to execute.
Sometimes I worry, I’m not hardcore enough of a business person,
but I also know that is my superpower.” Gesche Haas Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gesche Personal Website:
http://www.geschehaas.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/geschehaas
Website: http://www.dreamersdoers.me__________ Techie, Millennial
Author, WWE Fan, Podcaster. Philadelphia native, Johnathan
Grzybowski started his career at 14 mowing lawns. Over 5
businesses later, Johnathan has a deep passion on bettering the
lives of millennials and helping them execute their ideas into
profitable businesses. It’s never been easier to start a
business, but how do you make it successful? Constantly
millennials are claiming to be entrepreneurs, but may not truly
know what it takes to either become one or last long enough to
succeed at being one. By listening/viewing The Blind
Entrepreneur, we are determined to help those who are “blind” see
the true struggles of business, successes, and the grind it took
these millennials to succeed. #LINKS Email:
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