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Planetary Health

From Journalist to VC with Molly Wood

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05/17/2022

Molly Wood is an investor at the early stage venture firm LAUNCH, and co-host of This Week in Startups. She was a journalist for over two decades before joining LAUNCH at the beginning of this year, most recently serving as host and senior editor of Marketplace Tech, and a contributing writer at WIRED. In this episode, Molly shares what prompted her to take the leap from journalism to investing, and the biggest blind spots we have when it comes to climate solutions.

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