Career Fit Beyond VC: Kara Nortman's Path to Women's Sports Leadership

Podcast: Fit Happens: Why CEOs and Leaders Succeed or Fail · Jason Baumgarten

Opublikowano: 2026-04-16

She left a dream job at peak success — because she finally discovered what true alignment feels like. In this episode of Fit Happens, Jason Baumgarten sits down with Kara Nortman, managing partner of Monarch Collective — the only investment platform exclusively focused on women's sports. Kara's career spans Morgan Stanley, IAC, Battery Ventures, Upfront Ventures, and co-founding Angel City Football Club alongside Natalie Portman. She talks candidly about what it took to leave a role she was thriving in to pursue a fit she didn't know she needed, the role of coaching and personality frameworks in her...