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Cate Diaz

Aug 25, 2026

1:30
Kate, if you wanted to kick it off and basically explain your background, creation of market chemistry and how you got involved in the space.
1:40
Sure.
1:41
So in Austin, Texas, which is where I'm currently based and have been so for 11 years or so, I actually was working in startups here.
1:51
I worked in marketing operations and senior level positions and.
1:56
Eventually, I noticed a pattern, which was that all of the CEOs I worked under had one area where they were great, which was talking about the company in person.
2:10
And then when they went to raise capital and distill all that into a deck, they really did not know how to do that.
2:18
Maybe they're great about talking about technicals on paper, or maybe they're great about talking about the mission on paper, but a lot of the other areas, they would struggle to shrink down to something that was punchy and palatable at the same time.

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49:05
Any tips, any examples towards scaling and obtaining that level of success on one of these deals?

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