#239 Joanna Rees- Managing Partner at West Talks Venture Investing, Entrepreneurship and Building Powerful Brands!

<p class="p1"><a href="https://west.ventures/team/">Joanna Rees</a> is an investor, entrepreneur, advisor, educator and mentor with deep expertise in helping companies and organizations define their market and build powerful brands.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p1">Currently, she is a Managing Partner at <a href= "https://west.ventures/">West</a>, a venture studio that specializes in the end-to-end process of designing, building, and launching purpose-driven brands including Twitter, Square, Eventbrite, Impossible Foods and more.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p1">Throughout her career, she has served on the board of more than 25 venture-backed companies as well as the board of the National Venture Capital Association.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span>If that wasn’t enough Joanna was named a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum and a Henry Crown Fellow by the Aspen Institute, where she is a seminar moderator.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span>Joanna was also a candidate for Mayor of San Francisco in November 2011.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p1">On this episode Joanna shares many of the life lessons she’s learned on her incredible journey.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p1"><a href= "http://whatgotyouthere.com/239-joanna-rees-managing-partner-at-west-venture-investing-and-building-powerful-brands/"> Episode Notes</a></p> <p class="p1"><a href="https://youtu.be/CmPmq2pk-tQ"><span class= "Apple-converted-space">Watch on YouTube</span></a></p> <p class="p1"><a href="https://bit.ly/2RH3eaD" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Subscribe to my Newsletter</a></p> <p class="p1">Connect with us! <a href= "http://bit.ly/Whatgotyouthere" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer"><span class= "s1">Whatgotyouthere</span></a></p> <p><span class="s1">Looking for a job? Checkout <a href= "http://www.whatgotyouthere.com/">Culture Finders</a> today to be matched with yo