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How to Work With Your VC's Marketing Partner - FiredUp! Podcast

In this episode of the FiredUp! podcast, Laura Spaventa Lewis shares her insights on how Eclipse supports their portfolio companies, trends in funding announcements, and actionable steps you can take right now to maximize your relationship with your VC partner.

_Laura Spaventa Lewis is the VP of Marketing at Eclipse, an early-stage VC company. In her role, she is responsible for the_ _firm’s overall marketing strategy, working closely with portfolio companies to provide strategic and tactical marketing counsel. Prior to working at Eclipse, she built the brand from the ground up at Unusual Ventures and led the international PR team and strategy at AppDynamics, leading up to the eventual acquisition of the company by Cisco for $3.7B. Over her career, Laura has helped shape world-class brands through PR strategy, creative content, messaging, customer marketing, social media, and digital marketing._

Morgan and Laura discuss:

  • - While funding announcements are often the first trigger for support, your VC can help with fostering media relations, messaging and positioning, and more!
    • - Trends in funding announcements show us that planning and preparation are important, as well as pitching the announcement as part of a larger story. - Startups should seek ways to reciprocate value to their VC for a mutually beneficial relationship.  - Building a marketing team requires strategic hiring, starting with a generalist and getting more granular over time. - How Eclipse has methodically built out its marketing infrastructure and brand over the past few years with Laura’s help.

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