00:04Everybody has obstacles and challenges and I think the key is to be resilient and go
00:11deep down into your reserve and push forward despite those obstacles. That's the key to
00:17every successful person I've known. I founded an internet company in New York in 1997 in the early
00:27days of the internet. I knew early on that technology and the internet would transform
00:33our lives and the way we work and I really wanted to be a part of that and
00:37funding the next generation of companies. So venture capitalists fund startup
00:44companies at very early stages. I definitely think that mentoring is one
00:48of the more rewarding parts of what I do. I just think it's important for any
00:52woman to have a role model. There's no one set career path. My mom encouraged me
01:00to follow my own path. I was more on the creative side. I was actually a very
01:05serious ballet dancer and then I went to college and discovered finance and I
01:12took my first economics class. It's been an evolution of combining a lot of my
01:19passions and my interests around technology, around innovation, around
01:23communication and finance and business. Technology is transforming lives around
01:29the world and I feel extremely fortunate to be funding and being part of that
01:35change. I'm Jalik Jobanputra. I'm a venture capitalist in New York.
01:49I'm Jalik Jobanputra.
01:49Who have you ever to develop it, theAA has exposed to it.
01:49I'm an philosopher, including the
