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

Which individual has had the greatest impact on Night Ventures Investor Emily Herrera?

6 Nov 2022 · 1 min

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In this interview excerpt, Emily Herrera explains that the person who has had the greatest impact on her professional journey is her boss, Ben. She credits Ben with being the first to recognize her as a creator, offering her a full‑time apprenticeship that provided stability and helped her transition from school to a full‑time career. She describes their relationship as a mentorship, noting both professional fulfillment and personal dynamics (e.g., differing zodiac signs leading to occasional conflict). Overall, Ben’s mentorship and the apprenticeship structure are portrayed as pivotal to her career development.

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Who has had the greatest impact on your journey so far? I'm probably gonna say my boss Ben. We love Ben. Go Ben! Go Ben! I think he's probably one of the first people that's interacted with me as a— as a both a creator, a full-time— he's the first person to ever call me a creator in my life, which was— I know, it's so soft! But he kind of got the gist of what I was doing. Like, I was really trying to craft an entire career and gave me the professional Like the full apprentice offering. And he's a Scorpio and I'm a Gemini, so we fight a lot. But yeah, I think I feel super professionally fulfilled with this job and I give a lot of the credit, I give it to all the guys that I work with, but Ben has been really a great mentor for me and kind of the stability of both this like apprenticeship and working on this platform and doing all stuff that we do was what really formalized my leaving school and doing this full-time. Mm-hmm.