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saira

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saira

@sairarahman

strategy, venture, banking and fintech • currently @fundrise • board member, 5th Horizon • disclosures: tinyurl.com/mr2v63yh

Southern California

Joined June 2009

saira
@sairarahman
Aug 13, 2023
After 8 pregnancies and just under a decade of tears, we finally had our rainbow baby yesterday after a very long (and traumatic) week. I can’t quite put into words how transformative these last few days have been, but I know I’ve never been more in love in my life.
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saira
@sairarahman
Aug 30, 2022
This is one of the best posts I’ve seen in Reddit
saira
@sairarahman
Oct 19, 2023
Replying to @clhubes
Had a Dr laugh at me when I started sobbing because there was a heartbeat with Ozzy. The one thing they don’t teach at med school is bedside manners.
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saira
@sairarahman
Aug 30, 2022
Replying to @sairarahman
TLDR: Don’t outsource so much that you forget what you’re optimizing for
saira
@sairarahman
Sep 7, 2022
Re Kim K getting into private equity. She’s well on her way to a JD, owns multiple successful businesses, helped with ALL of Kanye’s partnerships and businesses, and is *launching with a former Carlyle partner* Give her hustle some credit, damn
saira
@sairarahman
Oct 3, 2022
144k followers and tweeting like this is meant to make sense What is AUM, Graham? Show me where it sits in the balance sheet.
Graham Stephan
@GrahamStephan
Oct 2, 2022
$600 Billion: What Lehman Brothers held in assets when they crashed and took the economy with them. $2800 Billion: What Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank control in AUM. 4.6x more. Credit Suisse is at a 'Critical Moment' now, says the CEO. What lies in store for the world?🧵
saira
@sairarahman
Dec 4, 2022
Generational Wealth is not just about money transfer. When you have the gift of multiple generations in the U.S., you also have a generational transfer of knowledge. Most important of which is having a family member that knows how to maneuver our financial system.
saira
@sairarahman
Jun 3, 2023
Replying to @DavidSacks
Looks like there should be another part to this meme where we include that you’re an economist as well
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saira
@sairarahman
Jan 31, 2024
Replying to @anothercohen
You clearly haven’t been to Wegmans
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saira
@sairarahman
Jun 25, 2023
Replying to @buccocapital
Kids with addiction issues often have incredibly loving parents. Have observed it many many times in Ohio. Heartbreaking.
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saira
@sairarahman
Jan 13, 2023
It is *alarming* how many of my startup friends are forwarding @matt_levine’s article on liquidation pref & asking me how their cap table affects their options. It’s time to learn your cap table and start asking questions about the structure of past (and soon-to-be) rounds.
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saira
@sairarahman
Aug 21, 2023
Considering my kid is only 10 days old I feel like it’s not a big deal to tell people we aren’t accepting visitors off planes until he’s had his two month vaccines. And yet my out of town family makes it seem like that’s ridiculous? What’s the normal bar here
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saira
@sairarahman
Jun 1, 2024
Quick storytime because I am about to have one of the most incredible days of my life: My sister quit her job back in 2016 in the pharmaceutical world, after a really bad divorce. My whole family was heartbroken for her. She spent the following year studying for the MCAT, acing
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saira
@sairarahman
Jan 31, 2024
Replying to @anothercohen
At least now I know I can’t trust your opinion
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