# VC10X - Turning "employees" into "founders" - Rob Liu, Founder, Athena VC

An episode of [VC10X - Investing, Venture Capital, Asset Management, Family Office, Wealth Management](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1632806986), 17 Sep 2024, 41 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/a453ddd4/podcast/play/91828451/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-8-17%2F13271455-7275-aebb-bcfb-3fffab8f2b1e.mp3

Rob Liu is the founder of Athena VC, where he is aiming to help 500 founders from developing countries start their businesses by matching their salaries for 6 months. Rob is also the founder of ContactOut, a bootstrapped email prospecting tool, which has made over $10 million in revenue. In this episode, we talk about - - What is Athena VC? - How they are matching salaries to back high-potential folks to start companies - What they look for in candidates while evaluating them for the program - How they help founders find the right thing to work on - How is the Athena VC program structured? & lots more Links: ⭐ Sponsored by Podcast10x - Podcasting agency for VCs - https://podcast10x.com Follow Rob on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robliu Follow Rob on X - https://x.com/RobLiuLiu Athena VC website - athena.vc 🎙️ Hosted by Prashant Choubey Follow Prashant on X - https://x.com/ChoubeySahab Follow Prashant on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/choubeysahab For sponsorship or guest appearance requests, write to prashantchoubey3@gmail.com Subscribe to VC10X on Youtube - https://youtube.com/@vc10x VC10X is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & YouTube.

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