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Helen Ciesielski

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Helen Ciesielski is a Principal at Lewis &amp; Clark Ventures in St. Louis, Missouri. Lewis &amp; Clark Ventures funds startups in the information technologies (IT), agriculture, and health care fields. She has also started and manages Pumpie, LLC, a company that provides dishwasher bags for breast pump parts.  Helen is a highly regarded startup investor in the St. Louis area and has an incredible array of experience as a young professional by working in multiple venture funds providing early round seed money for startups. She has accomplished this while building her own business to learn the process of being a startup, enabling her to build her knowledge base for her own venture fund research.  She discusses multiple facets of her professional work including why she only funds people who won't quit (Once you take her money, there is NO quit!), how she's learned to start her own business and understand her market opportunity, who she invests in, and much more.  I love that Helen takes a little bit of a deep dive into the type of person she invests in as a venture capitalist. Enjoy the listen from this inspiring entrepreneur.

Helen Ciesielski is a Principal at Lewis &amp; Clark Ventures in St. Louis, Missouri. Lewis &amp; Clark Ventures funds startups in the information technologies (IT), agriculture, and health care fields. She has also started and manages Pumpie, LLC, a company that provides dishwasher bags for breast pump parts.  Helen is a highly regarded startup investor in the St. Louis area and has an incredible array of experience as a young professional by working in multiple venture funds providing early round seed money for startups. She has accomplished this while building her own business to learn the process of being a startup, enabling her to build her knowledge base for her own venture fund research.  She discusses multiple facets of her professional work including why she only funds people who won't quit (Once you take her money, there is NO quit!), how she's learned to start her own business and understand her market opportunity, who she invests in, and much more.  I love that Helen takes a little bit of a deep dive into the type of person she invests in as a venture capitalist. Enjoy the listen from this inspiring entrepreneur.

Helen Ciesielski discusses her ascent into venture capital while starting her own business