Kira Colburn

@fendien our internal messages about settlers of catan are not this friendly 🐑

@kcolburn2011 😂

@erica_wenger Practice hills!! The nyc marathon is notoriously challenging and hilly, so make sure you're not training everyday on flat ground.

I'm running the NYC marathon in November 🏃‍♀️💪 Up until recently I'd never run more than a 5k... but I like doing very hard things & it's been on my bucket list forever! So what's one piece of advice you knew 6 months out of your first marathon/longer race? All tips welcome!

I had the most wonderful night hosting a platform din with some of the best VCs in NYC! Nothing more fun than talking shop & laughing a lot… the best! 🥳 @anniesko_ @anneablum @gilbirnboim @kcolburn2011 + Alice + Ashton

@Work_Bench @fendien teenage girl vibes > dad vibes

It's that time of year where we get to uncover (read: judge) our teammates Spotify Wrapped 2024 playlist 🤣 🌟We’ll send a @Work_Bench tee shirt to the 1st person who can guess @fendien #1 artist this year (#iykyk)👇

I was negotiating a Term Sheet with a founder, and just before wrapping up, he says “I have something that may be awkward to ask…” I had no idea where the conversation was about to go, so I braced myself for what he was going to say. Before sharing his ask, some context: He’s been working on this startup for 4.5 years (this is a Seed II round) and previously worked on his last startup for 4 years without a big exit. He has a baby at home and his partner watches the baby so that he can focus on his startup. His ask was whether he could sell some secondary to be able to get a nanny a few times a week to help with the load at home and also get some time where neither he nor his partner was busy. My immediate answer was of course. This isn’t some egregious secondary to cash out millions from his early stage business. It’s to bolster his Seed stage founder salary with a quality of life improvement. What bothers me is how many other founders may have been too nervous to ask. When a founder is raising it’s often tough to be vulnerable about something like this. In fact, the opposite should be true. As VCs, we need our founders fully locked into their businesses without worrying about putting food on their table, paying rent, caring for a child or elderly parent, etc. Everyone’s situation is different and there’s no blanket answer for how to handle things aside from talking through things openly and without judgement. In fact, once a potential founder with several children realized that launching a startup was too risky given their own personal situation and Seed salary benchmarks we provided. Hopefully more convos like this between investors and founders won't be nerve-wracking for the founder or seen as taboo by the investor.

Hello NYC Spring ☀️🌻😎 📸: @kcolburn2011

@kelleymak 🥹

Kira is a boss!

The function of "VC Platform" can really mean anything under the☀️ For us, it's focusing on ENTERPRISE GTM TACTICS & amplifying that knowledge through our 2 flywheels: 📕Content 🤓Community Read more about our Head of Platform @kcolburn2011 👇 work-bench.com/post/work-benc…

Thank you to everyone who joined our #Womenterprise End of Year Drinks last night! Seeing so many women connect, collaborate & support one another was truly inspiring 💪 We have a lot more to come in 2024 - stay tuned! 🎉

So amped to see the incredible progress we’ve made as firm over the decade 🚀 Shoutout to our killer team @jerseejess @kelleymak @psomrah @DanielChesley @kcolburn2011 @kemWorkBench 🤓😎 🍻 Cheer to the next decade 🍻

Proud to be a part of this team for the past 3+ years!

@fendien @jerseejess @Work_Bench @fendien and @psomrah are not allowed to sit at the same table. I want a clean and fair game!

@jerseejess @Work_Bench Getting the trash talking engine revved up @kcolburn2011 where you at 😤😤😤

Friendships and teams have been broken over @Work_Bench Catan SEE YOU THERE

Taking over 10,000 sq ft in Times Square was pretty cool💃 #Womenterprise23

Couldn't agree more with this! As Head of Content at @Work_Bench my job is NOT to ghost write the blog for my investment team...its to provide the strategy, structure & overall guidance to help them write their own beautiful pieces🖊️

@kelleymak @psomrah @DanielChesley @kemWorkBench @jerseejess It was rigged

After much deliberation with fellow judges @psomrah @DanielChesley @kemWorkBench, @jerseejess was crowned champion You just can't argue with a little dessert for breakfast. I'm trying to start the day happy after all As @kcolburn2011 always says, "There's no meal like oatmeal."

The great @Work_Bench oatmeal debate was settled this morning between @kcolburn2011 @jerseejess and @fendien* * not present due to sickness

@kelleymak @DanielChesley No shame in the safari game

@DanielChesley You look like a Safari user

I'm a Microsoft Edge user now Who else?

@DEVINENASH I've been wanting to try Getaway!! Looks so cozy🍂

Unplugging this weekend and staying at Getaway in NH with the pupper and hubby 🥰 Bring on the leaf peeping! 🍁 👀

We’re kicking off research for our updated #Womenenterprise Report💁‍♀️💪 🚨We have a favor to ask our community🚨 If you are or know any enterprise female founders, please tag them or email us, so we can add them to our comprehensive database women [at] work-bench [dot] com

I have the best team ever EOM cc @jerseejess @kelleymak @psomrah @kcolburn2011 @kemWorkBench

@kelleymak @Work_Bench @fendien @brettgriffin @bcrussett @CrispAarons @Anisha_R_Nandi @TheoWllms @kemWorkBench @jamiemelendez89 Always trollin 🧌

@Work_Bench @fendien @brettgriffin @bcrussett @CrispAarons @Anisha_R_Nandi @TheoWllms @kemWorkBench @jamiemelendez89 Whoever is 1st and 2nd player will need to bring their own controller

All set up for Mario Kart Night 🎮🚗 Who will rank🥇? cc. @fendien @kelleymak @brettgriffin @bcrussett @CrispAarons @Anisha_R_Nandi @TheoWllms @kemWorkBench @jamiemelendez89