I'm employee #1 and CoS at Beacons (now 40 full time). We're backed by investors including a16z, Y Combinator (we're one of the top 7% companies of the S19 batch!), the Chainsmokers, Naval Ravikant, the Tencent founder's family office, Buckley Ventures, YouTube co-founder, and others. We have ~6 million users, including Green Day, Sia, Jack in the Box, Fall Out Boy, and Jeremy Lin. At Beacons, I manage our head of marketing and CEO office and have worked in technical PM and strategy & growth functions. Previously, I was the 2nd growth hire at ZAGENO, a Series C, General Catalyst backed growth stage company and the world's largest life sciences marketplace. I was employee #1 at Soma Capital, a Midas List $1 billion AUM fund, where I invested in companies including Ramp, Rippling, and Coda. I have worked with funds including General Catalyst and Romulus Capital (where I was team lead), was the first operator fellow at Pear VC, the first ever scout at Global Founders Capital, and led the fellows program at Female Founders Fund. I have served as the head curator for the Boston Techstars Startup Digest, directed content for Harvard in Tech, and led content for Elpha (YC S19, platform of 100K+ women). I was a Hacker Noon Contributor of the Year nominee and Top Medium VC writer. I was Boston 25 under 25. I also worked in early growth and strategy at Morning Brew (acquired by Business Insider) and operations at Luxe (acquired by Volvo). I have worked at Morgan Stanley in technology investment banking.I graduated from Harvard with high honors and a summa, award winning honors thesis. My thesis was on US-China bargaining (advised by Oliver Hart, 2016 Nobel laureate). I completed research with the Harvard Astrophysics Department and Harvard Business School. My mathematics research was published in the Physical Review (the highest impact journal in physics) and cited by the Caltech physics department chair. I was the Fiscal Challenge National Champion, and our team was advised by Larry Summers. At Harvard, I was chief investment officer of Smart Woman Securities, on the executive board of the largest student group, and was a manager with the world's largest student run business.I serve on the board of The Concord Review alongside the former president of Goldman Sachs, John Thornton. In my free time, I love distance running (3x marathons, 5x half marathons - top 2 in age group at Bay Bridge and top 10% finisher at Napa) and teach Lagree pilates. Website: bit.ly/jessicaliTwitter: @jessicafeiyaliMedium: https://jessli.medium.com/