🏊♂️ Episode 63 — Clare McLaughlin Bielas (TLI Bedrock)
“Venture is about losing with dignity.”
Clare said that early in our conversation, and it reframed how I’ve been thinking about risk.
There’s a kind of grace required to do this work well—to stay principled when the pressure’s on, to make clean decisions instead of hiding behind 'maybe.' Clare models that. Her experience in both founder and GP conversations is full of practical wisdom, but what stood out most was how deeply she values alignment and decisiveness.
This episode is for anyone sitting in the messy middle of fundraising or rethinking what it means to say yes—or no—with integrity.