Ambition 2.0: EP10 ➡️ From Harvard Dropout to VC Powerhouse


The new podcast from Girlboss, where we’ll be exploring what it really costs to 'have it all' in work, family, identity, and self.

I'm your host, Amanda Goetz.
2x Founder, 4x CMO, mom of 3 and
Author of the usa today bestselling book
Toxic Grit: How to have it all
and (actually) love what you have

This week's episode

From Harvard Dropout to VC Powerhouse: How to Bet on Yourself with Alexa von Tobel


"You should be building things and taking on extreme risk because there is no other way."

– Alexa von tobel

Welcome to 2026!! Today, I’m honored to welcome Alexa von Tobel - serial entrepreneur, founder and managing partner at Inspired Capital, and host of her new podcast, Inspired.
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Alexa co-founded LearnVest (which she scaled and exited) and now leads a venture fund backing the next generation of founders. She knows intimately what it takes to build across multiple startup cycles, to shift from founder to investor, and to hold space for ambitions that evolve over time.

In this episode, we’ll talk about how being a woman founder in 2025 differs from when she first started, how the VC world is changing its filters (or not), and what she’s learning now about building with resilience, integrity, and adaptability in a fast-shifting terrain.

​Check out the episode and let me know what you think!


Coming soon

Why you can't stop
over working

with Malissa Clark

The rules of dating for ambitious women

with Amy Chan



See you next week!

– AMANDA


Welcome to a new approach to ambition. ​
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