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I’m leaving VC; this is what I didn’t expect to learn
This month, I left venture capital to move to the operating side in a growth marketing role at Zageno. I am thrilled to be working with this amazing…
Sep 28, 2020
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August 2020
How to break into VC
VC World Venture capital attracts less traditional and a more diverse set of people. Prior to venture, panel attendees had pursued careers in…
Aug 2, 2020
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Time management advice to triple your productivity
In freshman year of college, I tried to juggle multiple responsibilities and failed painfully and miserably. My grades suffered, my work quality in and…
Aug 2, 2020
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July 2020
I spoke with 100+ founders and here’s what I learned
I started investing in the public markets world. I invested in single stocks on my own throughout high school and college, managed funds on campus at…
Jul 25, 2020
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What the US can learn from China on social commerce
Recently, Instagram and Shopify announced competing platforms to integrate social and commerce, hoping for greater user engagement and higher conversion…
Jul 25, 2020
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Unexpected Opportunities for Innovators in the Post COVID World
Over the last few months, we have been bombarded with news and conversations around the anticipated direct trends driven forward by COVID-19. We have…
Jul 25, 2020
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Just some of my favorite interview questions
Through interviewing 100 people in the past year, I have thought a lot about great interview questions. Although I am constantly iterating, below are my…
Jul 25, 2020
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Product, Team Building, and Fundraising Playbook for the Post COVID World
As we enter our fourth month of quarantine, seed stage startup fundraising has begun to pick up since the dramatic lows of March 2020. (source…
Jul 25, 2020
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The Best Advice on Finding, Closing, and Growing Incredible Startup Talent
From working with and studying 300+ startups growing their teams beyond the initial founders and scaling their hiring through hypergrowth, I have put…
Jul 25, 2020
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How to fundraise & operate during a pandemic
Fundraising We answered questions around deciding whether to fundraise, identifying investors, building investor relationships, and pitching and closing…
Jul 25, 2020
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tactical advice & random musings
I am Jessica Li, an investor at Soma Capital and head of content at Elpha, Harvard in Tech, and Techstars Boston. I also lead content for the Emerging…
Jul 25, 2020
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