Maren Kate Donovan

Maren Kate Donovan

I'm an entrepreneur and value investor based in Austin, Texas, with experience building and scaling companies across New York, San Francisco, and LA. I founded Zirtual and Avra Talent and worked with innovative startups like Calm and GetMagic. Most recently, I led People Operations at Mahway, a venture builder in Los Angeles.

Currently, I'm on sabbatical and exploring what to build next. If you're interested in the "buy then build" model or are a small business owner thinking about selling, let's connect.

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Work History

Mahway, People Operations (2022 - 2024)

Magic, Head of Talent (2021-2022)

Avra Talent (now Carrara), Founder + CEO (2016-2022)

Calm, Interim COO (2016)

Zirtual, Cofounder + CEO (2011-2015)

Selected Writing

Past writing: Medium Maren Kate – MediumMedium Maren Kate – Medium

If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility! ~ Søren Kierkegaard

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