Don’t Be The Last with Halle Tecco

Halle Tecco is the CEO and Founder of Natalist, a company proudly ‘funded, founded, and led by moms’ specializing in fertility and pregnancy products. After graduating with a BS in Finance, she moved to Silicon Valley and in 2010 was a Business Development Manager for Apple, developing health and medical apps. The same year she also founded Rock Health, the first venture fund dedicated to digital health and since 2007 has angel invested in over 100 companies. Halle has an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MPH from John Hopkins Bloomsberg School of Public Health. She has featured in many media publications, with SF Chronicle listing her amongst ‘The Most Powerful Women in Technology’ and charting in Forbes ‘30 under 30’.

Today Halle joins us to share her unique journey from Finance graduate in Cleveland Ohio to Angel investor and CEO with a huge portfolio of companies to her name. She discusses her time at Harvard Business School and what she learned both from the MBA course and the people she met through it. Halle reveals the pivotal moment a family crisis made her reassess her work life balance and approach to office hours, and why she will never go back to those ‘workaholic’ days. She also shares her personal story of fertility and IVF experience, and how this difficult period became the inspiration for Natalist, an empathetic brand for women with a goal to create better women’s health products.

“You’re the first but don’t be the last.” – Halle Tecco

This week on SocialFly’s Entreprenista Podcast:

• Why you should be a generalist AND specialist entrepreneur
• Halle’s essential tips for venture capitalists 
• Why you should only work with investors who believe in you
• How to make your cold email stand out from the others
• Why you should always seek feedback from your investors
• Why a healthy workplace requires boundaries

Our Favorite Quotes:

• “As soon as you start to think of women, and other women as on your side and people that you want to help, that comes back to you in the world.” – Halle Tecco
• “Don’t go into an industry or new opportunity with the combative competitive mindset, but rather with the mindset of a rising tide lifts all boats, and what I can do to help others.” – Halle Tecco 
• “You have to work at it. You really have to set boundaries and stick to them.” – Halle Tecco

Resources Mentioned:

• Kindbody – Fertility & Wellness

Connect with Halle Tecco:

• Natalist Website
• Natalist on Instagram
• Natalist on LinkedIn
• Natalist on Twitter
• Rock Health Website
• Halle Tecco on Instagram
• Halle Tecco on LinkedIn
• Halle Tecco on Facebook
• Halle Tecco on Twitter

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