Embracing the Messy Middle: The Non-Linear Path to VC Success

Venture into the unpredictable world of VC fundraising with Genevieve LeMarchal, founder of Suncoast Ventures. This episode peels back the curtain on the realities of building a fund from scratch, revealing the unexpected twists, hard-won lessons, and unconventional strategies that paved the way. Discover how embracing uncertainty, building a diverse team, and maintaining optimism in the face of setbacks can lead to triumph in the high-stakes realm of venture capital.

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Angelica Maestas (Host): [00:00:00] Welcome to She's Ambitious AF, the bold and empowering podcast that turns up the volume on female entrepreneurship. Join us as we dive headfirst into the wild world of boss babes, where we spill the tea on all things ambition, success, and the occasional hilarious disaster. 

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): Welcome to another episode of She's Ambitious AF. Today we're joined by Genevieve LaMarchelle.Hello, everybody. I'm excited to be here.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): I am the managing general partner of suncoast ventures and we are a. Stage venture capital fund focused on investing in health tech and medical devices. we specifically like to focus on investing in areas that we believe are promoting healthcare equity and healthcare We can talk about what that means if you want to, but I'm happy to be here with you today.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Great. Well, a [00:01:00] lot of the reason I reached out to you and was excited to have you on is, one, you've successfully closed fund one. So I want to hear about that process and that experience. Two is the alignment. My fund is focused on health technologies to advance health equity. And so we've got the, the mission.

Angelica Maestas (Host): So we've, got a lot of shared mission and interest and impact. So I'd like to start by maybe learning a little bit about you before you stepped into venture. What was what was your career like then?

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): Yeah, actually. So I will often tell a lot of people that for me getting into venture capital has very much been a spiritual journey. I look back now at the time I didn't realize that that's what it was, but I look back now and that's what it was. And do not have a background in medicine. I don't have a PhD in anything.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): I have never worked in a clinical setting. I have almost no experience at all in health.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Okay.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): I say almost, I mean, [00:02:00] absolutely no experience at

Angelica Maestas (Host): Got it. Mm hmm.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): that later, but prior to going into venture capital I was like a serial entrepreneur.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): I I've always been an entrepreneur. I've always loved starting things, building things, creating things. Love that the process of creation and I always have, it's one of the reasons why I've always struggled to in the regular corporate world or things, because your job isn't really to always create, to create and build your job is to sometimes just like. maintain or, or something. And I don't, I don't really do that very well. And so creation and building is my zone of genius and I have done that in many different ways across many different kinds of companies. I've had successes, I've had failures, I've had garbage fires of failures. Ended up in venture capital, not because I had some sort of for finance or for [00:03:00] investing.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): Although that did grow, I ended up in venture capital because I had a passion for entrepreneurs and for innovation and for creating community. Kind of all of that. And so it just so happened that, you know, a lot of the, of the venture fund I had before I actually had a fund. So that, was basically in many ways how I started, but, you know, of course the journey was very messy, not linear, didn't look weird.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): And while I was in it, I didn't understand at all what was going on, why, why things were the way that they were until I got here at some point and then it all made sense.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Was the spiritual part of it, was it because of the impact you were having or was it some other realization along the journey?

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): it was like, things were just so synchronous, like everything that happened. I looked at, I look back at it and I'm like, there's no, like, [00:04:00] it was just very synchronous. And I, and all of the resources, all of the people, all of the investors, all the founders, like everything that I needed I didn't have any of that.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): But it all came and. It's also, I believe it was very kind of like a spiritual journey because it was very aligned. was doing, I built this from a place of like, not really knowing if anything was going to work and just kind of being like led and aligned by, you know, what, like who I was and what my gifts and talents were and what I wanted to do in the world and just eventually got to the point where I was just trusting that something was going to work

Angelica Maestas (Host): Mm

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): After years and in some ways letting go. So I told a lot of people, and I know this could be controversial, but like that I didn't create Suncoast Ventures. I am just the conduit of its creation. Like it's being created and [00:05:00] as it grows and as it starts to kind of go from, you know, into the next stage whatever it is to become I am just the steward of it. I am

Angelica Maestas (Host): Yeah.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): you know, the, I'm not dragging it up a hill.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Mm-Hmm 

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): you know, I'm the steward of the company.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Yeah. There you're not trying to force that square peg in the round hole. It's you're the you're the first person I've met who has described the experience in venture. Very similar to how I've described it. So I've been in the planning stages for 10 months or so for my fund. And the way I've described it is it's been very fluid.

Angelica Maestas (Host): It's just the right people, the right time. These opportunities have just all manifested. And so, you know, they've all led me to the right opportunities and it's the most fluid thing I've done in my career to date. I've always been in healthcare. It's always [00:06:00] been my passion, but this adventure, you know, for, for many reasons is a terrifying one and there's a high failure rate just like it is with startups.

Angelica Maestas (Host): I'm curious, did you have. Did you have a lot of people asking you if, if you were crazy when you told them about?

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): My fan, everyone thinks thought until very recently, everyone, everyone, like percent of people, I think in my life thought I was

Angelica Maestas (Host): Yeah

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): I have had like quasi interventional talks from friends and family with me about my life choices. I have. Had a true concern. I have actually failed. Like I have been a failure.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): Had to move home with my parents, you know in the past. And one thing that, you know, my I remember my family once said is he was like, you know, I hate to say it, but at that, at that time, you know, you really were down and we weren't sure if you were going to get back up again. After that [00:07:00] one, you know, and, and it's just like, I'm just a cut from a totally different piece of cloth than a lot of other people.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): And have to kind of be okay with just not being understood,

Angelica Maestas (Host): Mm hmm

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): because you will be and don't try to make everyone in your world and everyone in your community into your like business bestie confidant, cause they're not going to be,

Angelica Maestas (Host): Yeah

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): and

Angelica Maestas (Host): Well, I think one of the traits of a good Fund manager is very similar to a startup founder is I always call it the delusional optimism. You have to have some degree of it or otherwise you would never do this extraordinarily hard thing. And, and much like my early startup days, when my family and friends thought I'd lost my mind when I said I was quitting my full time job and starting this healthcare analytics company.

Angelica Maestas (Host): And I received a lot of the, the questions, the concern. It was [00:08:00] intervention like. But yeah, sometimes you just have to, to go forward. So, so tell me a little bit about the process from day one when you said, Hey, I'm going to raise this fund, and, and why did you decide healthcare?

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): well, it wasn't really like a

Angelica Maestas (Host): Mm-Hmm.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): I worked for other funds and I was

Angelica Maestas (Host): Yeah.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): funds. So it's been a journey and like most people in venture, you know, no venture fund hangs a sign outside that says help wanted venture list. Like, it doesn't happen.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Mm-Hmm?

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): And, and, you know, there, there's a book, actually, I think I have it here on my shelf, actually, the business of venture capital. And in this business, this book, which I always recommend for anyone who's like serious about VC, there's a chapter in there about teams and how teams are formed and how venture capital, like firms run in terms of personnel. And I wish a lot of people would read that and understand, but basically I started off just dabbling.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): I had became friends with some investors and they started a [00:09:00] small VC firm and they approached me and I didn't take them seriously. Cause in my mind, venture capitalists were like, I don't know this other thing.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Yeah.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): I thought, I actually remember joking with him and I said, Oh, you're so funny for suggesting I'd be a venture, a venture capitalist.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): I'm tell you what, I'll wire you 15 million tomorrow. And then I was like, I gotta go. My lunch is here. And he stayed on me and basically what he wanted was a standard venture partner agreement, which I have many of those with venture partners now, where I would receive like, no compensation. At all, but I didn't expect any because I didn't know anything know?

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): And and they wanted me to participate in the process and contribute to deal flow. And I could show up kind of when I wanted, I could be a part of the process, but I wasn't like required or obligated to. And what I didn't realize at the time was that was [00:10:00] a golden ticket. And so now I'm really committed to offering that golden ticket to a lot of other people.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): So, you know the best thing you can do to. For this is just get in the room and be as part as part of as many deals as you possibly can be. And so I spent years, I think it was like maybe four years or six years, maybe longer because it's kind of hard to know when I started and stopped, but building my deal flow, getting access, getting in the room, basically like apprenticing and learning before it even kind of occurred to me that like, maybe I could do this.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): On my own but I had no designs to ever do it to begin. And then, you know, I worked for venture fund and then that was like a fun information. It never got off the ground. I don't know why, really, because I didn't have any visibility into what was actually going on with fund ops. Then. I was part of an accelerator [00:11:00] program.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): So I'm actually two accelerator programs. So I had a chance to kind of see that side. I've been done a lot of deals. then when oh, and I even studied investment banking for eight months.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Oh really?

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): part of the, you know, twists and turns of my journey. But then. know, all of those led me to P different pieces and components that when I started doing the work at the accelerator in LA, and then eventually began Suncoast, I had all these resources and I had all this knowledge because all these, like, seemingly disparate, weird experiences that didn't really seem to pan out

Angelica Maestas (Host): Hmm.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): built my knowledge base. To become a general partner,

Angelica Maestas (Host): yeah.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): you know? 

Angelica Maestas (Host): And there are a lot of, of VC accelerators out there now. What which, what have you gotten from them? Like, what's the most, was it the knowledge or was it the networks that they gave you access to or something else?

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): I would [00:12:00] actually say as far as, so I did VC lab. I don't know about the other VC accelerators, but I'll comment about VC lab. They don't teach you to become a venture capitalist. There's no classes about like how to become an investor. It's like a program that will kick your butt. And get you like moving and you do it right. There is actually a wrong way to raise and raise a fund and launch fund. I've done it the wrong way before. And I've seen it done wrong a lot. And then there's a right way and BC lab, they teach the right way. and if you're willing to take their feedback under advisement, you will. Your chances of walking out the other end with a fund of some sorts are much higher. And but I would say, so it was, but kicking and structure. You know, that they, that they provided as well as I ended up with a great network, but that's not what they're offering really, but I always make community wherever I go. So, you [00:13:00] know, I ended up with, you know, a group of GPs and we're all friends and we're all on a WhatsApp and in a couple of weeks, we're all going to a conference together and, you know, we see each other all the time. We help each other, you know And that's been really invaluable because sometimes you just need people in the trenches who are like you. I'm, I got that from BC lab for sure.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Okay. I've heard, I've heard a lot of good things. I have heard that it is intense, so really make sure that you are committed to this. I would love to hear more about, since you had already been in venture in some capacity, what were some of the things that you experienced raising your fund that were maybe unanticipated?

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): Yeah. Well, so so I wasn't actually, when I first was kind of starting the fund, I didn't want to start a venture fund at all. I new in a new city. I didn't know anybody. I tell people I knew three people and one of them was a [00:14:00] cat and that's not.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Mm-Hmm?

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): untrue. And so it's like, you would be crazy to start a venture capital fund when you, the middle of COVID, when everyone was isolated and people weren't seeing each other and you know, no networks, like the power of networks went away a lot of COVID and, and, and it was just harder. And so I knew that it was like, if I can't make, I had this, this Asset sheet of all these companies that I had like advise or invested or worked with in the past they were just sort of like all dead I was like, I either I have to make this career path work somehow, or I have to get out of this industry. know, like, but I can't, like, I got to go like get a job somewhere else. And I need to do it soon because I was coming up on 40 and so that was when it was like a very logical kind of decision process that I [00:15:00] made as to whether I would stay in venture. And I, and I said to myself, I'll stay in venture. But if I'm going to do early stage venture, need to get into a lot of deals. But the only people I know are later stage venture and investment bankers. So I'm going to go get my investment banking license so that I can get a job as an investment banker. I won't love it, but I'll build a network.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): I'll get to know people and then maybe eventually one day I'll raise my venture fund. But what ended up happening is I was given a opportunity to run the healthcare program for an accelerator out of LA. And so what I got was the kind of opposite end, which was, I started doing a ton of deals.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Mm. Wow.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): got, I went from like zero deals that were on my asset sheet that were like anything to 29 companies. And it was really hard work, really hard work. I cranked and cranked and cranked and I had help, [00:16:00] but like, it was not easy building that, but that basis was, was the track record. And it was the testing of the thesis. So when I applied to BC lab and I don't even remember applying, I think I must've like submitted some horrible video because I don't remember apply. No one knew about the program. It was like cohort four. I think I got an email in my inbox. I was in my office late one night and I'm like, why not? And I, and I recorded this thing.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Yeah.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): So I got in, I got in and. It was sort of like a come to Jesus moment, you know, it was like, if you're going to do this,

Angelica Maestas (Host): Mm mm-Hmm.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): you're going to do this. And so I thought about it really long and hard before I accepted the app you know, invitation to go to get, get in the program. And but you know, I didn't, it was truly a cold start fundraising. I didn't have

Angelica Maestas (Host): Wow.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): warm leads. I didn't know anyone

Angelica Maestas (Host): Wow.[00:17:00] 

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): I mean, I had my prior network, but you know,

Angelica Maestas (Host): Yeah.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): was, it was a real cold start.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Wow. And you. What, it's probably been a month or so since I saw that you closed Fund One.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): Yeah. Fun one closed in gosh, June, June. I just didn't get around to posting about it for a little while. But yeah, fun one to close in June. So

Angelica Maestas (Host): Well, congratulations on that. how long did it take?

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): It took two years.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Two full.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): two years. Yeah. Originally I was forecasting for it to take 18 months. I was not anticipating that 2023 would be as difficult as it was.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): So it was like almost the entire year was lost. I mean, not really, but it was very slow and not a lot of money was raised in 2023. And so we got an extension. To 24 months and, but I, and I didn't have any longer than that. It was like, this is it, you know, the fund closes or doesn't close. But at that point [00:18:00] I had already deployed capital.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): I had already

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): Know, made investments. It was, was just like, well, the fund is going to be a thing regardless of what, you

Angelica Maestas (Host): Well, you and I were chatting briefly before we started. Share a little bit about what the What the experience is on that quest for an anchor as every emerging manager is looking for one and they are hard to come by Yeah, wow

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): that I knew in San Diego was. Mentoring and advising me and giving me, helping me like meet people and all this stuff like that. And he was an investment banker and had designs to start a venture fund. so he eventually kind of shared with me that he had, that he had this anchor they were starting a fund. And I actually kind of thought that the fund was like, [00:19:00] Done, you know, like that it was done. and kind of made it out like it was done, but so they committed to anchor our funds. I think that the first capital call check they were going to put in was, I think the anchor amount was like 10 million or something like that.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): So they were going to send in like 3 million. And so I did raise money from other investors, but I mean, they were a drop in the bucket compared to this one, you know, anchor investor. And then you know, we did all these documents and did all the things. And when the time came for them to sign the documents.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): And I burned like four, six months on this and designed a strategy around all this. And it was very much like big blow, you know, and it turns out that, [00:20:00] you know, that anchor investor, they had problems with their investors that they hadn't disclosed and I didn't know, you know, and so I didn't have enough circle from other investors to do a closing. So we were really in a not good position. We had to make a lot of quick changes, you know, after I like, you know, wallowed and was upset and whatever, we had to make some quick changes. And, and then I had to hit the ground running really hard go out and raise that money from, you know, Drop the fund size and then raise all the money from individual investors to get the fund.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): The first clothing done. Yeah.

Angelica Maestas (Host): he must have felt shrinking the fun size and the message it was sending

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): Well, I mean, we worry more about like the optics than I think we should, you know, because a lot of, a lot of fund managers dropped their fund size last year and it was. smart and it was for good

Angelica Maestas (Host): Mm

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): And you know, it's [00:21:00] like we worry it's going to look bad and there's so much pressure to just raise this big fund.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): And now that I know I know, I think that one of the silliest things that anyone can do is raise a big first

Angelica Maestas (Host): hmm. Mm hmm. What was the size of yours?

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): five, five

Angelica Maestas (Host): Five?

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): was the target. Yeah. And, you know, maybe in some markets someone could do 10 or whatever, but like, you know, I often will meet people and they have a first fund and they're trying to get a closing done or whatever, and it's 80 or a hundred.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): And I'm like, unless you're like a biotech fund or something.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Yeah.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): I just think it's one of the worst ideas,

Angelica Maestas (Host): Yeah.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): you know, but

Angelica Maestas (Host): And it's a different market now, so I think that's becoming a little bit more normal.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): yeah.

Angelica Maestas (Host): tell me about your team at Suncoast. How did you, how did you round them out? How'd you find them?

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): Yeah. So when I originally started Suncoast, I [00:22:00] had she wasn't a GP, but there was a partner who was involved. And she had worked with me at the prior fund had taught me a lot about the industry. So it was kind of like, I knew about venture and she knew about like, The healthcare industry and the medical device industry and have the network and, you know, all these things like that.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): And so we started working together and we did the initial launch of the fund together, you know and it turned out like there's lots of, there's opportunities in a venture fund for lots of different types of people and different commitment levels. And it wasn't right for her to be a partner in the fund.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): So we, we ended up having to shift her role to contribute differently. Okay. just like life stuff happened and a few other things occurred. But it was always because I didn't have the experience and the background in medicine, but also it just didn't, it didn't make sense to me that not any one person has enough [00:23:00] knowledge in medicine. Medicine or anything, you know, in order to be able to say that, you know, they can like make all the investment decisions by themselves. Like, I think that's crazy. And so I was like, well, if I want to build a firm, I don't, I can't just be like the solo operator investing in stuff that I think is cool without any knowledge in it. So I had a pretty sizable carve out on my cap table. The general partnership from the very beginning for venture partners, even though I didn't know who all those venture partners would be and set up a structure for venture partners and everything like that. And so, as I met people and got to know people and things like that, I started, you know, very carefully adding in skill sets and personality types and looking for what kind of strengths do we need and what kind of strengths are going to balance me and in these venture [00:24:00] partners. And this, this year has really been a year of operationalizing. I'm not great at like structures and processes and things like that.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): And, you know, when you've got doctors and nurses and engineers working with you, you have to have those things. So we put a lot of that in place, but think that any company that's going to be really successful, they need to put pretty healthy carve out for their team and they need to really compensate them well.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): And I know a lot of GPs don't, and I think that that will show eventually, you know.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Yeah, most definitely. I've I've also worked to round out, the skill sets where there's gaps and where it can augment what I bring. And we're still seeking one more, one more ad to round out more of the direct venture investing experience. But it's, it's key to recognize that you can't [00:25:00] possibly do it all.

Angelica Maestas (Host): It says a lot of things if you think you can.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. And you know, one of the things too, about having all these venture partner carve outs is some of these venture partners will maybe become partners in the next fund.

Angelica Maestas (Host): yeah.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): it's a really good, it's, it's my pipeline. And some of the venture partners will stay as venture partners. That's great.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): And I can continue to add more I need all, all sorts of different expertise and skillsets. And I mean, I need all the support,

Angelica Maestas (Host): Mm hmm.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): know,

Angelica Maestas (Host): Yeah.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): And I'm willing to pay for it. So that's basically how I set that up.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Well, now that you've closed Fund 1, I'm sure you are already prepping for Fund 2, what, a year ago? Can you talk a little bit about what the planning stages are for future funds? How you're thinking about it?

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): I'm thinking about it. There will be a fun too, [00:26:00] you know, like when will it happen? Probably next year, but I don't know. I, I don't have a lot of definitive plans. I've done a lot of observation. I spend a lot of time just talking with people and. Looking at what maybe they did and thinking a lot about the things that people have said or what their experiences were watching. watched very closely what other funds have done successful ones and ones that have stumbled. and I just think I sit in my little corner and I think very quietly and thoroughly about

Angelica Maestas (Host): Yeah. Oh, cool.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): thesis and the same structure and largely the same team as one fund to will probably have some enhancements, like some addition, there's a new [00:27:00] program we're designing. And that will be sort of in partnership in conjunction with the health plans. So that's something that would probably come to light during fun to it wouldn't be associated with the fun. Like, it wouldn't be tied to the fund, but it would be part of it. So, I know we'll have that fund 1, we were associated with an accelerator.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): So I was looking for some sort of in. Deal sourcing and pipeline development and things like that anyway. But yeah, in terms of the size and the timing, all of that still is somewhat TBD. There's a part of me that still wants to go really small and just be really small. Like, I think the best thing would be to have a super small fund with really, really amazing LPs and insanely great performance. Like I'd be so happy to have that,

Angelica Maestas (Host): Yeah.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): and so far [00:28:00] my portfolio is doing really well. I'm very pleased with almost all the companies and their progress at the moment. So

Angelica Maestas (Host): That's great.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): happy that. And know, I have great LPs and many of them will receive an invitation to participate in Puntu. So it's like stay the course,

Angelica Maestas (Host): Yeah. All right, well, let's transition to some, some fun rapid fire questions before we wrap. All right. Margarita, wine, or mocktail.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): Ah, wine. I love wine.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Pen and paper or digital notes.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): Pen and paper.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Most used emoji in professional contexts.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): Oh man. Here, let me look professional. I think I, I don't know if I have a professional context emoji,

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): would say it's, it's probably the hearts, the two pink hearts,

Angelica Maestas (Host): Okay.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): my most, or the laughing [00:29:00] face. That's like sideways. Yeah.

Angelica Maestas (Host): Mine is a lot of check marks. I'm like, got it. Done. Scene. Yeah. Dream celebrity co investor.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): Serena

Angelica Maestas (Host): Oh. Favorite productivity hack. Oh,

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): email. And also we can get into a whole other topic on this, but just not caring about most stuff. I don't care a lot of things I don't care about and IDGAF Island, great productivity hack.

Angelica Maestas (Host): that's great. That would be a good whole separate episode.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): Most unexpected skill that's helped your career. Whew. Skill.

Angelica Maestas (Host): best piece of advice you've been given. 

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): The one that immediately pops my head, I've been given a lot of great advice, but it's actually a quote from John Wooden and he says something like you can't [00:30:00] let praise or criticism get to you. It's a fallacy to get caught up in either one. That's, that's one. And then another one is Warren Buffett. And this is one of my favorite ones. I've told so many people this one. So I think it's like, well known. I like this more about the quote and it's, it's, I think he doesn't say this, like, exact way. But it says like when the tide goes out, you can see who has been swimming naked.

Angelica Maestas (Host): That's a good one.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): I'll that's, it's a really good investing.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): Like the tide always goes out. always does. Yeah.

Angelica Maestas (Host): And last but not least, what can our listeners do to support you?

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): Well follow me on LinkedIn. I think that's the, the, like. I make the most like I'm, I'm most active. LinkedIn is where I put, like, I talk about companies.

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): I talk about investing. Sometimes I'll make little posts. I'll do advice. I have a podcast as well. It's called [00:31:00] adventurous podcasts. you can Google my name or adventurouspodcast. com and that comes up. 

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): Awesome. We'll post links to that in the show notes. It was so awesome having you on. yeah. Thank you for having me. It was wonderful. 

Genevieve LeMarchal (Guest): And that's a wrap on another episode of She's Ambitious AF. Remember to dream big, hustle harder, and show the world that when it comes to success, we're not just ambitious, we're Ambitious AF.