Courtesy of Madison Campbell
Leda Health cofounders Madison Campbell and Liesel Vaidya published 80s-inspired portraits.
The photos were taken at JCPenney for only $14.95.
The portrait was noticed by prominent VCs like Alexis Ohanian, who said it was spectacular.
Most professional photos of startup founders look exactly the same: button-down, boring background, blank smile.
But maybe it doesn t have to be that way. What if founders were free to don neon pink sweaters? To physically embrace their cofounders? To dress like the 80s never ended?
Madison Campbell and Liesel Vaidya are proving that they can. When Campbell, cofounder of Leda Health, found a Groupon for cheap JCPenney portraits, she was immediately reminded of my youth at school picture day and knew she had to do it.
Funding for diverse female founders tripled, and the number of Black and Latinx women getting over a million in seed funding doubled. They still only account for 0.64% of all venture funding.
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Gen Z VCs are always testing out new apps to find the next big thing.
We asked ten Gen Z VCs to share their home screens to see what apps to look out for.
By Silicon Valley standards, Gen Z VCs are certifiably cool. They were networking on Clubhouse months before it went mainstream, the first to get invites to David Dobrik s new app Dispo, and now they re finding love on apps you haven t even heard of yet.
So, to find the next big app, look no futher than the home screens of Gen Z VCs.
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