EP 204 - Dayana Yermolayeva - co-Founder and CEO at JiPay - I’m Not Particularly Scared of Being Uncomfortable

The Asia Tech Podcast was humbled to have Dayana Yermolayeva join the show.  Dayana is a co-Founder and the CEO of JiPay, an app for families to manage their household spending.

Some of the topics we covered included:

• Being from Ukraine and growing up in the UK
• Doing a really cool, triple degree program at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Universita Bocconi, and the University of Southern California
• Having a well-developed worldview as a result of living in many countries
• Coming from a family of entrepreneurs
• Consulting or investment banking?
• Being a pilot and flying over the Grand Canyon
• Domestic workers saving money for their families
• Helping them save and invest
• Does gamification help teach about saving money?
• $1 MM of top-ups monthly

Some other titles we considered for this episode:

1. I Did Not Think I Would Become an Entrepreneur So Early
2. And Yet, the Employers Are Still Pretty Happy
3. Once You Have Something to Say, the Age Thing Kinda Goes Out of the Window
4. I Came to Singapore With No Network, No Connections
5. If I Did It Once, I Could Do It Again

This episode was produced by Isabelle Goh.