I've spent my entire career working side by side with founders, and I enjoyed that early building (sometimes literally: Ikea desks) phase so much that I now work with several First Round founders at once, in the very first few years of a company’s life, where targeted marketing support delivers the biggest impact.
Margarette has built her career helping early-stage startups launch and grow in challenging, heavily regulated industries including education, finance, healthcare, and politics. Prior to joining First Round, she worked as a fractional CMO and marketing advisor to dozens of startups, in addition to several “tours of duty” in-house as the first marketing hire (including at Cayaba Care, Harness Wealth, and Human Interest).
After studying English and Linguistics at UC Berkeley (with some CS classes on the side), she gravitates toward projects that blend technical and creative challenges.