A Conversation with Katelin Holloway | Founding Partner, 776 | Founding Member of ANGELS.vc | Pixar | Klout | Reddit

Women in VCMay 15, 202444 min

Katelin Holloway, founding partner at 776 and founding member of ANGELS.vc, makes the case that venture capital firms can build authentic people-first cultures while generating returns. Her perspective spans both operational leadership at companies like Pixar and Reddit, and now investing, giving her a rare dual lens on what actually works in building organizations that live their stated values.

Key takeaways

  • Venture firms have an untapped opportunity to model the people-first values they claim to seek in portfolio companies.
  • The creator economy represents a fundamental shift for Gen Z, who know no world other than content creation and consumption.
  • Authentic organizational values require intentional structural design, not just mission statements.
  • Massive unmet needs still exist in creator economy infrastructure and tooling.

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Content creation and consuming content is the only world they know. And so there are a lot of reasons I really, really care about the creator economy.

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Content creation, and consuming content, is the only world they know. And so there are a lot of reasons I really, really care about the creator economy. And right now, there are just still so many unmet needs. I think that, you know, the creator economy was a little bit of a a fad for a while. It got really hot, and then it got really not. And now we're watching it come back again.

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