Virginie Raphael
Investing In A Portfolio Career World
Episode Notes (by minute):
-1:30: How Virginie intentionally named her company, Full Circle, because she feels her work now connects a lot of prior dots
-4:30: How the pandemic effected work, and Virginie’s investment thesis on who works, compared to how we work
-6:00: How the freelancing industry has evolved in the last years, and now people can become an independent worker and earn $100,000+
-8:00: How Wethos and Groove are building the marketplace 3.0 version
-13:00: Why Virginie is investor a company, Zaya Care, that is supporting a new type of worker: someone in between a gig worker and a W2 employee
-16:00: How the UK has a Worker status class and the benefits it provides people
-17:30: How Virginie recently hired legal counsel who is also an actress on the side
-19:30: Why companies need to provide fulfillment to people, beyond a paycheck and benefits
-22:30: Virginie’s number piece of career advice: don’t take your next role to check a box
-25:30: How Virginie has been able to connect the dots about she could be a good investor because she wanted to be a journalist and was good at sales
-26:30: How Virginie is helping build a community of investors at Transact
-30:00: How a cold email through Full Circle’s website and contact form led to an investment
-32:00: How Virginie is open to ideas about how to potentially scale her fun in new and innovative ways
(Note: these are quick notes and takeaways by David Nebinski. Please see the episode for more accurate information)
Published Date: 7/21/22