About the guest: 

Electronics and telecom Engineer, an ex-investment banker at JP Morgan, and an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Viram Shah has done it all. 

And now, Viram is democratizing international investing as the co-founder and CEO at Vested. Vested is an online platform that aims to simplify US stock investing, first for Indian investors and eventually for other parts of the world.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/viram-shah/ 

Vested: https://vested.co.in/

Key Insights in this Episode:

Learning as an Investment Banker [03:05]

Completing an MBA in the US and the application process [05:40]

The Vested Story - how are people outside of the US able to invest in US stocks? [10:53]

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Timestamps:

[00:00] Introduction 

[01:20] Taking up a job after undergrad

[03:05] Job as an Investment Banker at J. P. Morgan

[05:40] MBA in the US after working in India

[08:20] US MBA application process - lessons learned

[10:53] Experience at UC Berkley

[13:30] The idea behind Vested

[17:35] The Vested journey 

[21:25] Why Vested was started?

[23:40] Why is Vested VC driven? The process of onboarding VCs

[28:00] Advice for entrepreneurs 

[32:00] What’s next for Vested?

[34:20] The technology skepticism barrier in India for FinTech Industry

[36:38] TOP 3

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