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#7 → Vedika Jain: What Makes a Problem Worth Solving


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In the latest episode of Worth, Asher sits down with Vedika Jain, ex-Stripe and True Layer, and currently the Chief of Staff at Weekend Fund.

Among other things, we discuss advice she received from Harry Stebbings on breaking into venture, ways in which Weekend Fund is looking to help founders from underserved markets, and what she believes makes a problem worth solving.


[1:05]: Rethinking a traditional childhood education

[4:18]: The story of how Vedika ended up at UC Berkeley and what makes a problem worth solving

[6:56]: Landing at Stripe and what made their culture so strong

[12:22]: Learning how to code and getting into flow at Le Wagon

[15:37]: Scaling True Layer from 7 employees to 70

[19:12] Advice from Harry Stebbings and joining forces with Ryan Hoover at Weekend Fund

[23:29]: Experimentation on the Weekend Fund model and lessons learned from Weekend Build

[34:06]: Roam Research and some trends Vedika feels strongly about

[37:07]: Vedika's favorite books and our mutual appreciation of Morgan Housel's writing


Worth website - worth.carrd.co

Weekend Fund Website - https://weekend.fund/

Vedika's Twitter - https://twitter.com/vedikaja_in

Vedika on what makes a problem worth solving - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/creativity-why-i-learned-how-code-vedika-jain/

Recommendations - https://www.notion.so/book-podcast-recommendations-59abba1db1db4fc2b9b9a4e08edb0b24

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