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Unlocking Moves Transitions Ep. 3 | FROM STARTUP CEO TO VC BUILDER

from Unlocking Moves · host Kurt Wilkin

"I almost refused to be CEO."In 2013, Autumn Manning was building a tech company in Arkansas, where there weren't many women leading startups. Instead of waiting for a model, she became one. She co-founded YouEarnedIt (later Kazoo/WorkTango), moved it to Austin to scale, and led it as CEO, even though, by her own words, her path there was "twisty, turvy" and she had to burn the old playbook to get there. That's the kind of transition we're spotlighting: not job-hopping, redefining what leadership can look like.About Kurt Wilkin Kurt Wilkin is a connector - of dots, ideas, and people. For the past 30 years, he has advised high-growth companies, starting his career with Ernst & Young, and today in his roles as co-founder and visionary of HireBetter and managing partner of Bee Cave Capital. He is a serial entrepreneur with multiple successful exits and has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs and CEOs build their companies. -----------FULL INTERVIEW HERE: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4py8eiU2v9x9UcHn9tCrxH?si=c0a6d3b028104d91⁠#UnlockingMoves⁠ ⁠

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