Zapped — with Haley Zapolski, Nashville startup ecosystem builder

About this episode

Haley Zapolski discusses her work in building the Nashville startup ecosystem and shares insights for others looking to do the same.

This episode of Adventure Capital is a little different — in it, we interview Haley "Zap" Zapolski — an angel investor and startup ecosystem builder in Nashville. Zap fell in love with startups after working for one out of college, and also fell in love with Nashville, the city she now calls home. Putting those two passions together, over the last few years, she has worked tirelessly (and incredibly effectively) to develop the Nashville startup scene. Both through her "day job" at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, and as an independent, rogue, maverick cowgirl. In this episode she talks about how she is doing that. If you're trying to build the local startup ecosystem in your city — this interview with Zap will give you some great ideas on how to do that. A true queen of LinkedIn, you can find Zap there to follow along with her journey, insights and musings. Or you can subscribe to her Beehiiv newsletter at zapswrap.beehiiv.com .

People in this episode

Guest: Haley Zapolski

Topics covered

• startup ecosystem
• angel investing
• Nashville startups
• entrepreneurship
• community building

Keywords

• startup
• Nashville
• angel investor
• entrepreneur
• ecosystem building

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Nashville Entrepreneur Center

Places: Nashville