Julia Govberg
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Chief of Staff at @clay_gtm | Angel Invesotr | Fmr. @firstround 💡🚀✨
San Francisco, CA
Joined February 2020
1/For the past 3+ years, I’ve run Community at @firstround. I've worked on 6 mentorship cohorts & created thousands of mentorship pairs. I wanted to share my learnings, so I wrote this guide to help others create their own mentorship programs:
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Make Mentorship Magic: How to Create a Mentorship Program ✨ After running Community at First Round Capital for the past 3+ years, I’ve had the opportunity to work on six mentorship cohorts and …
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After working with @btrenchard for 2+ years, I can confidently say this role changed my career. I learned more about venture, investing & myself than I imagined. He became not just a manager but a lifelong mentor & friend. Apply now to this amazing apprenticeship!
I’m kicking off a search for a Chief of Staff to join me @firstround in San Francisco. This is a role we’ve had at First Round for more than a decade. It’s a rare opportunity for someone who’s interested in both startups and investing to learn about both from the inside. You’ll
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After 5 years (plus 2 as an undergrad intern!), it’s bittersweet to share that I'm moving on from @firstround. Fortunately, I’m not going too far. Starting later this month, I’ll be joining one of our portfolio companies, @clay_gtm, as Chief of Staff! I walked into the First
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We’re hiring a Chief of Staff to work closely with @btrenchard. From investment review to company support, this role will be his right-hand in supporting the next generation of incredible founders while learning the ropes of VC. 📍 Location: Based in SF, with at least 3
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4/TLDR: I’m going back to picking my outfit everyday. I need the creative outlet more than I need the morning ease. Shoutout to my coworkers for being along for the ride (and not making too much fun of me). 👕👗🧣👚👠👟
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3/But, nothing good lasts forever. Two weeks into my month-long journey, I started resenting my new uniform. I missed the colorful sweaters sitting in my closet. I missed the creativity of picking an outfit – jumping from casual and comfy one day to dressed up the next.
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2/Once I picked the outfit, the rest was shockingly easy. Imagine jumping out of bed and BOOM, you’re immediately dressed. No more mulling over what denim wash to choose, no more clothes scattered across the bed after trying on 5 different outfits. I didn’t even have to look in
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1/It took me a few iterations to pick the perfect outfit. After some research, I picked this $40 Amazon dress in black: https://t.co/Zwh34g7MUQ. I found that a long black dress could be easily elevated with makeup, jewelry, shoes if needed. I bought 5 of the same dress to cycle
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OFEEFAN Women's Casual Maxi Dresses with Pockets Ruffle Sleeve Smocked Dress XS-2XL
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I pulled a Steve Jobs and wore the same outfit everyday for the month of September to streamline my routine. Here are my takeaways:
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Huge congrats to @NiccKopp and the whole @RilletHQ team on their $13.5M fundraise! Excited to be part of their journey to build the next generation accounting platform! 🚀
1. Big news from @RilletHQ ! We are excited to announce our $13.5M funding led by @firstround and @creandum , with participation from @SusaVentures , @BoxGroup , Go Global Ventures, Puzzle Ventures and an incredible group of builders, operators and angels. 2. Our investors
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We're hiring @firstround💪 If you're an organized self-starter, come work with @WhitnieLow and I to build community and create exceptional experiences. https://t.co/Nakcnsxb3y
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I am speechless. I hope he is still alive. Thinking and praying for his amazing family everyday. BRING THEM HOME @BringHershHome ❤️💔
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Together, we poured our hearts into organizing events and summits, creating spaces where aspiring female entrepreneurs could feel supported, empowered, and inspired to chase their dreams.
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Love how @firstround is focusing on helping founders take a straighter path to PMF. We just launched a free new program & published the first session, a super tactical framework with tons of data. Apply by 5/7: https://t.co/TyE7jDrxpp PMF framework:
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PMF Method from First Round is a free, intensive experience designed to help exceptional B2B founders increase their odds of finding extreme product-market fit. Read about the four levels of PMF in...
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Today's a special day at @firstround as we're celebrating 10 years of The Review. A lot has changed since 2013. Proud of this decade of ~600 articles, millions of pageviews, 100+ podcast episodes — and all the incredible advice we've shared along the way.
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We combed The Review archives for a special compilation of the 100 very best advice published on our digital pages over the last 10 years from folks like Stewart Butterfield, Claire Hughes Johnson...
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Hosting a community event / fundraiser in support of Israel and United Hatzalah in SF on Monday! We'll have lots of good Israeli food :) DM if you want to join! 💙
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Unprecedented level of love between ALL of the Jewish people. Never seen anything like it before. Deeply moving.
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I know it is hard for founders to focus on reducing customer churn when your stomach is churning from watching the atrocities perpetrated by Hamas. It is hard to focus on growth while you're watching so much destruction. It is hard to focus on optimizing lifetime value when
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There are no words that can adequately capture the profound sadness of the past few days. Our hearts are heavy — and with the people of Israel. The terrorist attacks by Hamas this past weekend were barbaric, and the loss of innocent lives is utterly devastating. There is no
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Welcome @lizwessel!! So pumped to have you on the @firstround team! 🥳🥳
Big news: Welcome to our new Partner, @lizwessel 🥳 She's a founder, experienced angel, former @ycombinator Visiting Partner and an enterprise sales & B2B marketing pro. Here's how she'll help technical founders get to their first $1M in revenue faster:
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