Erik Torenberg, co-founder and partner of Village Global, recently hosted an event for entrepreneurs in San Francisco to hear from founders of Village Global portfolio companies who have been through Village’s Network Catalyst accelerator. Joining Erik were: Nancy Yu (@nancyyu25), co-founder and CEO of RDMD, a company working to accelerate treatment for patients with rare diseases. Amrita Saigal, co-founder of Saathi, a company creating fully eco-friendly, compostable sanitary napkins in India. Jared Seehafer (@seehafer), co-founder and CEO of Enzyme, and a Village Global Network Leader. Nancy and Amrita talk about what it was like to go through the Network Catalyst program and how it has impacted the growth of their companies. Jared discusses being an advisor to the founders in the program. They talk about what makes Network Catalyst unique, including the emphasis at Village on the network, Village’s personalized one-on-one work with companies, the willingness to put on events dedicated entirely to one company and the influence that Village’s luminaries have had on the trajectory of the companies. The founders also share the details of their journey thus far and give their thoughts on some of the thorny issues that founders have to deal with in the course of starting a company, like finding the right co-founder, how to ideate through solutions, and the importance of of founder-idea fit. To apply to the program, visit www.villageglobal.vc/networkcatalyst/ Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Colin Campbell is our audio engineer and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.