You’ve heard from a number of exciting startups on this show, but today we’re diving into the other side of startup world: venture capital.

Brad Baum joins us to talk about the inner workings of VC life, what his day to day as an investor at Lightbank looks like, what investors look for in startups, and much more.

Lightbank is an early stage venture capital firm based in Chicago that has big names like Fiverr and Udemy in its portfolio.

Tune in to hear more of Brad’s story from taking a gap year before college to work on his own startup in Los Angeles to starting his own venture capital firm while attending University of Michigan to getting a job at a notable venture capital firm right out of college -- and find out what he would do differently if he could go back in time.

You can contact Brad by email at [email protected] or find him on LinkedIn (let him know you found him through the Startup Happy Hour podcast), and don’t forget to check out Lightbank at the link below!

Lightbank: https://www.lightbank.com/

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