Varadh Jain is an angel investor and digital nomad currently doing one-off projects in different parts of the world.

Most recently, he spent three years as an early employee at Opendoor, helping to scale the company from 200 employees to nearly 1,500. Before that, he was on the founding team of Polymail (YC S16) and spent time at a seed fund in Los Angeles.

In this conversation, he and Asher discuss thinking about careers in seven year intervals, how Varadh got started with Angel investing, and being helpful to founders without necessarily providing advice.

[1:05]: Joining Polymail as Employee #1

[2:27]: Realizing his Visa was going to expire in 2016 and starting with the OpenDoor team

[3:31]: How Varadh's role at OpenDoor evolved over time

[5:10]: Biggest learnings from three years at a high growth tech company

[6:26]: Thinking about life in seven year chunks, traveling, and self-directed learning

[8:03]: Angel investing, being helpful to early-stage companies, and avoiding advice

[12:42]: What we can learn from drug cartels about how to run a successful business

Varadh's Twitter - https://twitter.com/varadhjain

Varadh's Blog - https://blog.varadhja.in/

Varadh's Angel Investing Portfolio - https://blog.varadhja.in/startups/

Worth website - worth.carrd.co

Recommendations - https://www.notion.so/book-podcast-recommendations-59abba1db1db4fc2b9b9a4e08edb0b24