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Aditi Shekar
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Aditi Shekar
@aditishekar
Founder @askzeta (acq by @acorns). Ex @guildeducation @ga @ashoka @honesttea @donorschoose. Obsessed with dogs, finance & sugar.
- I just tried to order Indian food in Bethesda and this is hilarious:
- My dad passed away a few weeks ago after getting COVID. The Indian gov't refused to classify his death as covid bc it meant paying out a small insurance claim. I am so saddened by how badly the gov't has handled every single thing about this situation. People deserve better.
- Wow @BankofAmerica just charged me $15 to RECEIVE a wire. The revolution is coming and crap like this won’t be tolerated.
- Ok damn, I am amazed at how easy it is to hire a diverse team if you’re actually trying
- Angel investing tip - you can very easily tell if an entrepreneur is going to be successful based on the quality of the investor updates they send. I'm considering changing my diligence process to just asking for the last 2-3 investor updates to make a decision.
- This morning I sat across a founder friend and cried. Not because anything in particular is wrong, but because some days this job is just very, very hard. ❤️🔥 to my fellow founders.
- Replying to @wynn_atworkOk this would have been very helpful! Also I love how Indian Mild is just blank
- I’m no shy petunia but damn, I don’t even come close to the confidence of a white guy in fintech
- Replying to @merciWhat a massive embarrassment for them. They chose money over values, and that doesn’t speak to the kind of people you want to do business with.
- My dad is in a Delhi ICU and needs remdesivir. Because it’s not available we had no choice but to source it from the black market. The guy took payment & stopped responding. Prices have 4x in the last day. That said, we’re luckier than most. This is a humanitarian crisis!
- There nothing more painful to watch than investors who make fun of startups that fail. It takes guts to build something and nothing to tear it down. Be more human. Show empathy. Be helpful even in a team’s lowest moments.
- Replying to @KDimitratosI’m maybe an Indian medium but the cost of getting it wrong is serious
