Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

building your digital identity

25 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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In this talk, the speaker draws a parallel between managing rappers and investing in startups, arguing that both involve helping ambitious, talented individuals craft and share their identities online. As a member of the first generation to grow up on the internet, the speaker highlights personal experience posting videos since 2013 and building online communities. This background led to the creation of Behind Genius Ventures, a venture firm designed around content and community to serve Gen Z, whose lives are deeply intertwined with the internet for work, play, and connection.

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Managing rappers and investing in startups may seem like totally different occupations, but I've come to think that they're quite similar. In both instances, you're helping ambitious, talented people build an identity and tell their story. And where does that story get told? On the internet. And as a member of the first generation to grow up online, I like to think that I know a thing or two about building digital identities. I've been posting videos online since 2013. And building a community on the internet is one of the main things that led me to founding Behind Genius Ventures. The internet is the primary way Gen Z works, plays, and finds community. That's why my venture firm, Behind Genius Ventures, is built around the principles of content and community. Through everything that we do,