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Year Two: Scaling a Community-First Business with Cristina Ciaravalli

Portfolio Career Podcast··12 September 2026·44 min

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Cristina Ciaravalli, Founder and CEO of Valli Ventures, shares about building a community-first business — from fitness-focused Founder events to a growing recruiting and advisory practice. She shares how her recruiting arm grew out of casual favors for friends, what it took to scale from a solo operation to a team of seven, and about the flywheel she has built that fuels everything.