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**NOTE: This month's Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg event will be hosted at Bloomberg's 120 Park Avenue office. Please check the WHEN & WHERE section below for details.**
Bloomberg, Cornell Tech, & Tech:NYC invite you to join us for the latest installment of the Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg Speaker Series, featuring Hayley Barna, Partner at First Round Capital, in conversation with Caroline Hyde, host of Bloomberg Television's flagship daily technology show.
First Round Capital is an early-stage venture firm that has backed transformative companies such as Uber, Square, Notion, & Warby Parker. As the co-founder & former co-CEO of beauty subscription startup Birchbox, Hayley scaled the company into a category-defining brand that reshaped how consumers discover & buy beauty products, leading the company through growth, scale, & global expansion.
Since joining First Round Capital in 2016, Hayley has focused on bringing a founder-operator empathy to her work with early-stage entrepreneurs. Her investments span sectors from consumer products & digital health to enterprise SaaS, including game-changing companies like Mirror, Alma, Thirty Madison, & Arbor.
Hayley also knows firsthand what it takes to build & scale enduring companies in today's market, & how early-stage capital can catalyze outsized impact.
We hope you'll register to attend this exciting conversation, where Barna will share her journey from startup founder to venture capitalist, offer her take on the next wave of breakout startups, & explore what it means to back bold ideas from day one.
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