#63 - VEDIKA JAIN

Vedika is the Chief of Staff at Weekend Fund where she invests in early-stage startups and helps founders with product, community building, and go-to-market strategy. She previously held positions at Mithril Capital and Stripe and helped to scale TrueLayer into a global organization. Vedika was born and raised in India, attended UC Berkeley, and currently live in London. Check out Vedika's website at vedikaja.in and follow her on Twitter @vedikaja_in. [0:59] - Vedika's childhood in India and journey to working in tech [11:21] - The culture shock of moving to America for college [13:51] - How Vedika broke into venture capital and why she knows it's where she's meant to be [21:24] - The correlation between energy and value-add activities [28:38] - Running experiments with Weekend Fund [34:00] - How Vedika's gap year shaped her future [40:55] - Vedika's experience scaling TrueLayer [43:38] - The relationship between hard work and luck --- homeofjake.com