I LOST MY CORPORATE JOB, BUT LANDED ON THE COVER OF FORBES

by Pocket Sun (@pocketysun)

The story below was written for 3 Billion Under 30, a new book put together by Jared Kleinert, to showcase 75 millennials who’ve leveraged the experiences and ideas they’ve shared in the book to build companies that are collectively worth billions of dollars, write and support the release of over 40 New York Times bestselling books, found and operate major media companies that have hundreds of millions of readers each month, earn over 50 million combined social media followers, donate millions to charity, and more.

A quick rundown of my past two years:

I founded SoGal, now a global community influencing 50,000 diverse entrepreneurs and investors with a dozen of city chapters worldwide. When I realized that funding was often the largest hurdle for female founders, I jumped into venture capital and cofounded SoGal Ventures, the first millennial venture capital firm led by women. Last February, at 24 years old, I became one of the youngest persons to ever be on the cover of Forbes Asia Magazine, as a 30 Under 30 in the VC category.

If you told me a year ago that I would be on the cover of Forbes as a female venture capitalist, I would think you were out of your mind. But here I am, the only woman standing alongside four men on the cover…