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As a parent, do you ever wish someone could just whisper some realistic and trustworthy support

in your ear and not make you feel awful for not having all the answers?

Well, that's what I'm here for. I'm Dr. Alisa Pressman, developmental psychologist,

parent educator, clinical professor, and I'm a mom. My goal is to make your parenting journey

less overwhelming and a lot more joyful. Please join me every Friday for new episodes of Raising Good Humans.

Hi, I'm Mariana and welcome back to the Life with Mariana Podcast.

In addition to being a podcast host, I'm also a brand founder and having our own brand we

eventually decided that time was right for us to get an investor. But what does that really mean?

And what does this process really look like? Well, along the way we met Kelly Dill.

Kelly is a principal at imaginary ventures and they've invested in so many brands that I love,

including bread, beauty supply, glossier, good American, co-sauce,

majority, and skims just to name a few. Because their brands resonate with me so well as a consumer,

but also as a business owner, I wanted to have Kelly tell you more about what it means to take on

an investment, what you need to have an order before pitching yourself, and some business metrics to

keep in mind. And before we get into the episode, be sure to subscribe to my podcast. I have new

episodes every Tuesday. And if you're loving it, leave me your rating and review. Now let's hear from Kelly.

Kelly, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to be here.

So your official title is principal at imaginary ventures. What is a principal?

Yes, so a principal is a fancy word for an investor. So sort of overseeing everything from

finding new investments to managing the portfolio, to doing investor relations, to sort of

running the gamut of anything and everything that has to do with investing.

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