Jessica Li is the 2nd growth marketing hire at Series C, General Catalyst backed Zageno, the B2B procurement marketplace for the life sciences. She also heads content for Elpha (Y Combinator S19, community of 35K+ women in tech), Harvard in Tech, and Techstars Boston.

She previously worked in venture capital at Soma Capital (employee #1), General Catalyst, Romulus Capital, Global Founders Capital, and Female Founders Fund; in growth and operations at Morning Brew (acquired by Business Insider) and Luxe (Google Ventures backed and acquired by Volvo); in investment banking at Morgan Stanley; and in public markets at Northwestern Mutual and a family office. She graduated from Harvard with high honors in applied math, computer science, and economics, where her thesis research was completed with the 2016 Nobel Laureate in economics, Oliver Hart. She has worked with startups in MassChallenge, Techstars, Alchemist, Envision, Zane, and other programs.

-How Jessica's resume is so long despite being in her early twenties!

-The impact of immigrating from China to the US at age 10

-Does a Harvard degree derisk its holder? 

-Thriving on "productive procrastination"

-The "touch it once" mentality

-How she broke into VC (hints: be helpful to people + identify your superpower) and why she left it

-Zageno: What is it? Why did she move there on the operational side?

-Does being an operator help one to be a better investor?

-"Don't worry about disappointing other people"