17. From TV to VC, Implementing Fair Play and Eliminating Mom Guilt with Jesse Draper [Part 1]

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Jesse Draper is the Founding Partner of Halogen Ventures, an LA-based early stage venture capital fund focused on investing in female founded consumer technology. She's a 4th generation venture capitalist (just watch the show Meet the Drapers), a former Nickelodeon star and also the creator and host of the Emmy nominated TV series, The Valley Girl Show.</span> <p>But of all the hats she wears, her MAIN ROLE (and most important) is as the mother to 2 little boys.</p> <p>Juggling her role as investor, "mother to companies", mother to 2 boys, wife and more is no easy feat especially with two full-time working parents. </p> <p>In Part 1, Jesse and I dive into the behind-the-scenes of her home and work life, her path from daughter of a famous venture capitalist to TV star to founder of her own venture capital firm, and her journey through motherhood.</p> <p><strong>Interview Notes:</strong></p> <ul> <li>[5:37] Jesse's "past life" (aka pre-kid life)</li> <li>[12:30] Discussion on mom founded companies</li> <li>[15:42] How her priorities shifted after becoming a mom and her responsibilities as a "mother" to companies</li> <li>[20:15] How she's implementing the concepts from the book <a href="https://amzn.to/3jznav9" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Fair Play</a> into her marriage and household</li> <li>[24:27] Areas of her life she leaves messy</li> <li>[27:10] How she's trying to invest in childcare solutions</li> <li>[29:03] Finding your identity as a mom</li> </ul> <p><strong><span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Follow Jesse at</span></strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Halogen Ventures: <a href= "http://www.halogenvc.com">www.halogenvc.com</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/jessecdraper/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">@jessecdraper</a></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">