Renata Merino’s Post

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Grateful when it “clicks” for my team after 4 weeks of a deep dive into one of our “FemTech and Health” investment focus: Beauty 💋💄👩💻 Build with integrity and make sure you are coaching others along the way. 🙏💯💰Blazin' Babes

The best part of my job is the “White Spaces”. 💰🦄👠 Blazin' Babes

There are not a lot of “double-minority” female VC’s that have my pedigree, education, 30 years in operations and are connected to a LATAM family who owns one of the largest canned food businesses in the world. It is my goal to leverage my network, education and experiences to pave the way for other double-minority founders and funders who do not have these gifts nor competitive advantages. Grateful for how hard I’ve worked and the opportunities I have pursued through dedication and grit and those I was born into. Newton Country Day School Bowdoin College The University of Chicago Booth School of Business Grupo Herdez

Instead of jumping right into the next romantic relationship like most people do post-divorce, I invested in myself. 2 weeks after my divorce, I enrolled in a The University of Chicago Booth School of Business “Take 3” course, offered for graduates of Chicago Booth. A Digital Marketing class. As a repeat founder and VC investor, I wanted to understand how to quantify digital marketing spend so I’d know how to do it and what questions to ask founders. I also wanted to help the founders I was investing in. It was my lifeline at that time in my life. Simply so I didn’t have to think about how sad I was and so I could dedicate my brain into “learning”. I couldn’t wait for Friday nights during the Fall of 2018 at Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago on Friday nights from 6-9PM. This class led me to sitting next to the founder of a beauty tech startup that needed a CMO. I became that CMO and with lots of work, we auditioned for @ABCSharkTank and received 5th place in Chicago Booth Polsky Center at the University of Chicago New Venture Challenge, one of the top 3 startup pitch competitions in the country. For the record, in 2017, the minute I had decided I wanted a divorce, I stalked the professor of that Digital Marketing class for a year until I knew he would let me in that class. I was the ONLY mama in that class. 💯👑

What happened to the protein bagels at @WholeFoods I can’t find them. 🥯 Is it a supply chain issue? I love them and so does my son. I would love to meet Aimee Yang, founder of BetterBagels As an investor and a former global product manager, it is my goal to ensure my team understands the value chain in every sector we invest in, so that my team asks the RIGHT questions upfront. Hats off to Fortune Brands and Life Fitness for giving me a strong foundation in supply chain manufacturing early on in my career! This has done WONDERS for me as a venture capital investor! 👏👏👏

Love being a health investor and one KEY area is BEAUTY! As a model and user of everything beauty from hair care, cosmetics, dermatology treatments, beauty tech devices and a follower of which country, which celebrity and which brands are using the BEST products and services, apart from fitness and health, this sector is fun for me! 👄💄💯 But I don’t invest because I like something! I invest because the data backs up my thesis! This is why we are a data-driven firm. Shout out to all you men getting your Botox! I see you trying to stay young. I see you! 💯 Check out and listen in on my beauty investment project in and hypothesis. I don’t list my predictions like the Sandhill Rd boys 🚴 do in their tweets. I state them in a video. 👄💄💯

My Top 5 Tips on Manifestation, Career and Life Reinvention. Pick up a copy of my new book, Empress to get more guidance.👑📕 Invite me to speak at your next big event. 🗣️🎤🎙️ EMPRESS: Making the Impossible Possible 👑📕 See link below to get your copy of Empress and my new website to book me for a speaking engagement. EMPRESS: Making the Impossible Possible https://a.co/d/0iaJjDsx https://lnkd.in/dZuR9gFG

Grateful for the journey. Ride the wave, be an honest person, help people when you can, be a role model, stand up for your belief system, stay true to your value-system, make your kids proud and never give up! 👠💯🙏 Blazin' Babes