https://www.onedegreecapital.com/ready-founder-spotlight Meet the founders building companies worth watching. The ODF Spotlight series features growth-stage SaaS and defense tech entrepreneurs on their businesses, their lessons, and what's ahead. en-us Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:44:20 GMT 2026-08-04T12:44:20Z en-us https://www.onedegreecapital.com/ready-founder-spotlight/lady-you-are-crazy <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.onedegreecapital.com/ready-founder-spotlight/lady-you-are-crazy" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://www.onedegreecapital.com/hubfs/Olga-T-founder-template.png" alt="Lady, You Are Crazy" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="line-height: 20.7px;">In the fall of 2022, Olga Topchaya was home with a new baby, staring down the worst tech recession in a decade. Hundreds of thousands of people in the industry were being laid off. She was one of them.</span></p> <div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.onedegreecapital.com/ready-founder-spotlight/lady-you-are-crazy" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://www.onedegreecapital.com/hubfs/Olga-T-founder-template.png" alt="Lady, You Are Crazy" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span style="line-height: 20.7px;">In the fall of 2022, Olga Topchaya was home with a new baby, staring down the worst tech recession in a decade. Hundreds of thousands of people in the industry were being laid off. She was one of them.</span></p> <img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=3918859&amp;k=14&amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.onedegreecapital.com%2Fready-founder-spotlight%2Flady-you-are-crazy&amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.onedegreecapital.com%252Fready-founder-spotlight&amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "> Ready Founder Spotlight Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:44:20 GMT rl@onedegreecapital.com (Rod Loges) https://www.onedegreecapital.com/ready-founder-spotlight/lady-you-are-crazy 2026-08-04T12:44:20Z