Steve Schlafman - Helping Leaders Lead with Capital and Coaching

This conversation is with Steve Schlafman. Steve is a Venture Partner at Primary Venture Partners, a preeminent venture capital firm in New York City with investments in companies like Jet, Latch, and Slice. Steve has spent most of his career in the venture capital investment into startups with key roles at The Kraft Group in Boston, Lerer Hippeau, and RRE Ventures. Steve left RRE Ventures as a Principal in September 2017 and he talks about his career and personal transition journey. During the journey, he tested working on starting his own firm and also enrolled in an intensive executive leadership coaching program in New York City because of long-standing personal interests. He recently completed this program and believes it fundamentally complements his role as an Investor. And that it could also provide a desired lifestyle on its own, if worse came to worst. In spare time, he already had been leading startup founders and business executives in New York City and is now excited about helping those people further. His ideal portfolio career would consist of investing, coaching, and facilitating. We talk about many other personal and career development tips for you to build and grow your Portfolio Career. Tune in and let's have some fun!