狈补尘别:听Kay Burns
Title: Administrative Assistant
Years at Venture Partners: 9 months
Q: Tell us a little about yourself!
础:听I鈥檓 from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After graduation, I moved to San Francisco and worked as an Executive Assistant in the finance industry for three years. I鈥檝e always loved to travel, so in 2019, I decided to move to New Zealand on their Work Holiday Visa. It was an amazing experience 鈥� I lived in a van and traveled all over the country for about five months and for the other half of my time there, I lived in Wellington and worked as an Executive Assistant at the Ministry for Women.
We鈥檝e been in Boulder for about a year now, and love to hike, rock climb, ski, and play with our new puppy.
Q: What led you to this career and working at Venture Partners?
础:听I have held administrative roles since graduating college, but most of my time was spent in the finance industry. While I learned a lot in that industry, after returning to the US, I was ready to learn more about a different field and take on a new challenge.
Q: What is your role at Venture Partners? Tell us more about what you do.
础:听I am the Administrative Assistant for Venture Partners, so my role spans many different areas. I help put on the entrepreneurial training programming that we host (like Research-to-Market, which is happening right now!) as well as other events, process invention disclosures and assist with patent filings, and help with assorted financial tasks.
Q: What is your favorite part about your job and what do you like most about working on the Venture Partners team?
础:听My favorite part about this job is watching the inventors go through our programming and make progress on their technology. Even in the short time that I鈥檝e been here, many faces and names have become familiar and it鈥檚 exciting to watch them pivot and grow.
Q: What鈥檚 the best piece of advice you've ever received?
础:听鈥淰ery little is needed to make a happy life; it鈥檚 all within yourself, in your way of thinking鈥� is a quote that I always try to keep in mind.
Have questions about Venture Partners? Email Kay at听听kay.burns@colorado.edu.