Episode 14

 Episode 14: Venture

12 May 2021

In this episode, we’re discussing ableism, women-owned businesses, entrepreneurship, venture capital, cancer, resilience and courage. Our guest is VC investor turned startup founder Ashley Yesayan, the founder and CEO of One Village, a marketplace connecting cancer patients and their supporters with the content, tools, products, and services they need to make life easier before, during, and after treatment.

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Ashley Yesayan is the founder and CEO of OneVillage, a marketplace connecting cancer patients and their supporters with the content, tools, products, and services they need to make life easier before, during, and after treatment. She founded the business based on her own experience with breast cancer, which she beat in 2017.

Prior to founding OneVillage, Ashley spent 15 years building and scaling high-growth venture-backed technology companies including Alarm.com, one of 2015’s top performing tech IPOs, and numerous other industry-defining portfolio companies such as TemperPack, Optoro, and CustomInk. Most recently, Ashley was an investor at Revolution Growth where she focused on consumer-driven tech-enabled businesses in the marketplace, eCommerce, media, and software categories.

Earlier in her career, she managed new business launch and incubation at Red Ventures, the leading global player in data-driven consumer marketing, and worked in the investment banking group at Wells Fargo Securities.

Ashley earned a B.A. in Economics and English from Wake Forest University and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. Ashley grew up in South Carolina and has traveled to 42 countries.

Website: One Village

LinkedIn: Ashley Yesayan