Episode 54: Christen Daniels - a podcast by Ilan Jacobson
from 2022-03-22T12:00
Firepower Capital – Christen Daniels
What does a head of customer success and corporate development do? What is it like to work for a fintech company? Today’s guest is Christen Daniels, and she’s the Head of Customer Success & Corporate Development at the fintech company, Georgian.
Listen to the episode to hear what Christen has to say about how she ended up in this position, why she’s not a natural risk-taker, how she thinks about risk, and what she has to say about the psychology of transactions.
Topics Discussed in This Episode
- What Christen’s childhood looked like and how she ended up where she is
- Christen’s experience studying in another language
- Why Christen says she’s not a natural risk-taker
- Why Christen wrote for the LSAT
- When Christen decided to focus on corporate law
- The psychology of transactions
- What Georgian does
- Recommendations Christen has for entering her field
- Defining and building community
- Christen’s view on the future of evaluations
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Quotes From the Show
“I like having a clarity of path, a clarity of purpose, kind of understanding how the pieces are going to come together, and having a little bit of certainty.”
“It was really clear to me that I’m fairly passionate about transactions.”
“Deals are really different when you own the results.”
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