58. 9-Figure Founder Jess Mah Reveals the Truth Behind Success

Jess Mah has packed more into 35 years than most do in a lifetime:

9-figure serial founder & Y Combinator alumna personally mentored by Paul Graham

Launched fintech rocket ship inDinero while still a CS student at UC Berkeley (after skipping two grades in high school)

Commercial pilot who captains her own jet

Curator of Outcove Valley, an invite-only summit for world-class leaders

DJ & relentless community builder

In this raw Permission to Shine conversation, Jess pulls back the curtain on success and shares:

The hidden costs of big money, big fame, and an inbox that never sleeps

Why you probably wouldn’t trade lives with most ultra-wealthy people if you knew the whole story

Losing her partner, a decorated vet, to PTSD-related suicide, and how grief reframed her definition of “winning”

Rituals that keep her grounded

Founder tactics: hiring A-players, raising cash when markets freeze, and the underrated superpower of genuine relationships

Big takeaway: Gratitude for the life you already have can be more liberating than any net-worth milestone.

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