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Katie Horgan

Initiator · DISC type Di
Partner at Stone Valley Ventures
📍 Austin, Texas, United States

Katie Horgan is a Partner at Stone Valley Ventures and the Founder of Bravo CPG, a firm providing outsourced operations for consumer brands. An operations professional with over 18 years of experience, she holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and previously served as a Captain in the U. S. Marine Corps.

She is passionate about supporting entrepreneurs, drawing from her unique journey from military service to the startup world. Katie frequently shares her experiences on podcasts, discussing topics like leadership, transition, and building scalable business systems. She has also founded the Veteran Owned Collective to support fellow veteran entrepreneurs.

Unique fact: Katie is a former Marine Corps officer who commanded convoys in Iraq and now helps CPG founders navigate the complexities of supply chain and logistics.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Partner
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Austin, Texas, United States
Personality Overview

How Katie shows up

Conviction Driven
Risk-Accepting
Friendly Challenger

They respond well to objective pitches but also attach some value to relationships. They measure a product on its merit but can be influenced by strong testimonials. They usually prefer to drive the conversation.

Priorities

Topics Katie cares about

Scaling CPG Brands
Her company, Bravo CPG, focuses on providing COO-level support and operations management to help growth-stage consumer packaged goods brands scale effectively.
Veteran Entrepreneurship
As a USMC veteran, she founded the Veteran Owned Collective to help veteran-owned businesses grow and has been a podcast guest discussing this topic.
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Career

Work history

10-2024
Partner
Stone Valley Ventures
11-2018
Founder & CEO
Bravo CPG
8-2017 - 11-2018
VP of Operations
SelfMade
6-2016 - 8-2017
Senior Director of Operations
Sweet Defeat
Plated
2 yrs 1 mo
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2012 - 2014
MBA
Columbia Business School
2002 - 2006
B.A.
University of Southern California
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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