Episode 18: Start-ups, Leadership Lessons, and Pickleball with Val Wolloch

Val Wolloch is a seasoned technology professional with experience in startups, leadership, and technology. Having spent 17 years at Salesforce and worked for numerous successful startups, she deeply understands the industry and its intricacies. Val shares leadership lessons in hiring, building teams, providing feedback, and scaling your business. Despite her extensive experience, Val is relatively new to angel investing and finds it both exciting and risky. She talks about her next adventure advising startups and even considering joining a venture capital fund to gain more expertise. Listen to this episode as we delve deeper into her insights on angel investing, startups, leadership, and technology in this episode. Chapters 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - Valerie Wolloch 01:16 - Growing up as a computer programmer led to successful tech career 07:22 - Get comfortable with change, be open minded 10:49 - SBI model for feedback 14:28 - Early career advice 17:35 - Dropping f-bombs 21:01 - Serendipity changed my life and career 25:59 - Growing teams, overcoming challenges 28:59 - Memorable lessons 30:33 - Advice for working mothers 31:27 - Delivery simplifies dinner 33:51 - Purpose in life 38:24 - World outlook 42:10 - Advice to 20 year old Val 43:22 - Val's question to David