Today's guest on "What Scares Startups" is Jericca Cleland. Jericca is the Founder, CCO and Writer/Director at Oridian Entertainment. With over 25 years of experience as a writer & director, Jericca worked at Pixar Animation Studios designing cameras and staging for major blockbuster films like Toy Story 2 and Finding Nemo. Before moving into film, she was a computer game developer at both Sierra On-Line and Pixar Animation Studios, and more recently, she also creatively designed, directed, and co-produced an award-winning VR experience based on the Oscar-nominated film ‘Song of the Sea’ with Oculus, and is the creative force behind mobile AR game Wildermage, gamifying walks in outdoor spaces.

Jericca brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to our conversation and talks to us about one of the most foundational pieces of success that all start-ups require at their core - the importance of trust. Trust in your team, trust in yourself, and trust in the mission. Jericca also discusses the challenges she's faced being a female senior executive / founder, and the ways that she's managed to overcome many of those hurdles over the years.

Again, lots of great stuff in this episode that you won't want to miss, so be sure to check it out for more!