What should you work on as a young person? The smaller, achievable thing that builds your track record? Or the big bold thing that probably won't work?

Saikat Chakrabarti is running to unseat Nancy Pelosi — the most powerful, feared, and respected democrat in the country. Saikat is less than half of Pelosi's age but he has big ideas and a track record to back them up.

Before this, Saikat recruited AOC to run for congress, wrote the Green New Deal, ran tech for Bernie's presidential campaign and was the founding engineer at one of Silicon Valley's most legendary companies, Stripe.

In this free-flowing conversation, he talks about growing up Indian-American in Texas, Going to Harvard, working on Wall Street, making millions in Silicon Valley, leaving it all behind to join Bernie, recruiting AOC, trying to recruit an entirely new Congress, writing the Green New Deal, challenging Nancy Pelosi, getting cancelled, learning from Zohran and his grand philosophy of what America needs and why more young people must run for office.

Disclaimer: This is not an endorsement or a fundraiser. We host interesting people doing important things. Saikat matches both criteria. He’s a compelling person with a vision for the country and tech and he might well end up representing San Francisco in Congress.

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Key Moments

• 0:00 Why are Indian Americans so political?
• 1:02 The Bengali concept of "adda"
• 3:27 How Saikat's dad got to America
• 8:38 How immigrants think about America
• 11:44 Saikat's childhood and upbringing
• 14:22 Getting to Harvard
• 17:16 Experiencing extreme wealth on Wall Street & Silicon Valley
• 22:54 Joining Bernie Sander's 2016 presidential campaign
• 25:59 How the DNC sabotaged Bernie
• 27:38 Starting Justice Democrats
• 28:57 Building a brand new congress
• 29:33 Recruiting AOC
• 33:17 The reaction to AOC
• 37:51 Legislators Vs Influencers
• 38:40 The Green New Deal
• 41:27 Did the Green New Deal actually work?
• 42:37 Saikat's favorite president of all time
• 46:02 Deciding to challenge Nancy Pelosi
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Hosted by Chai Mishra
Chai is the Founder of The Essential, an ethical commerce company funded by the leading lights of Silicon Valley.

Chai served on the board of UNICEF, and has advised cities, universities, national sports teams and Fortune 500 corporations. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Chai’s work has also been covered in publications ranging from the SF Chronicle to Business Insider.

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