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Haley Bryant
GM at Golden Wok - Venture Partner at Hustle Fund
Haley Bryant, Principal at Hustle Fund
Haley Bryant is a Principal at Hustle Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm. She has a diverse background, having held various roles such as General Manager at Golden Wok, Chief Operating Officer at Animalz, Marketing Manager at CycleBar, Director of Customer Success at Brazen Technologies, Inc., and various positions at Apple.1
Career Highlights
- Principal at Hustle Fund1
- General Manager at Golden Wok (Feb 2022 - Sep 2022)34
- Chief Operating Officer at Animalz12
- Marketing Manager at CycleBar1
- Director of Customer Success at Brazen Technologies, Inc.1
- Various roles at Apple1
Education
Haley Bryant holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Media Studies from the University of Virginia.1
Angel Investing
In addition to her principal role at Hustle Fund, Haley Bryant is an active angel investor. She was an early participant in Angel Squad, a Hustle Fund program designed to help create great investors.2
Haley's operator background informs her investing thesis, and she values numbers over narrative when evaluating startups. She also appreciates customer and bottom-line focus in the founders she works with.2
Podcasts and Interviews
Haley Bryant has been featured in various podcasts and interviews discussing her experience in tech, venture capital, and angel investing. Some notable appearances include:
Highlights
"For the TAM discussion, it's kind of like grade school math. It's less about the answer, and more about how you got there. If you're taking a bottoms-up approach, show your work." - @coachmaux
Thank you @VirginiaIPC for having us for your 100th coffee meetup! https://t.co/tHye58dv0U
There are 3 questions I'm trying to answer from every founder intro call:
📈 Is there a path to $100m+ in revenue with this idea/in this market? 💪🏽 Are you the best founding team to pursue this idea based on unique insight gained from lived experience and domain expertise? 🚀 Can you hustle ie execute with high velocity in a data driven way to make as much of their runway as possible in pursuit of product market fit?
The last one is the hardest to answer from an intro call, and a big part of why we invest hilariously early to be able to work alongside founding teams to serve and observe in action.
Most investors won't explicitly ask whether you work hard or if you want to build a generational business but are trying to assess it throughout early conversations.
If you're still early and raising, it's easier for investors to get to yes with a peek behind the scenes:
🗣️ customer discovery interviews 📝 investor updates 🗓️ meeting during the ideation phase/before you're ready to raise
