What was Cake Ventures Founding Partner Monique Woodard's first "yes" like?

I remember getting like our first $10,000 check in our first fund, and I think I like cried. I was so happy. And then it like the journey just went on from there. But I would love to hear about your, what was your first yes like?

Well, my first yes was from Mitch and Freda Kapoor at Kapoor Capital, and I had known them for a very long time, like a decade. And so, you know, they were one of the first yeses to the fund. And that was thrilling, right? And probably my second yes was Ed Zimmerman at First Close Partners. And those were 2 very early signals of confidence in what I was building. And then I had to go out and of course, you know, build it from there. But those were 2 people that I had known for a long time and who were confident in my ability as an investor.