Jessica Jackley

And I remember we actually, instead of having the usual dropdown of 25, 50, 75, 100, all the options up until the total need of the loan, whether it was 300 or a thousand, we recoded the site to just show the 25 so that if you really wanted to participate, you'd have to lend, check out, log out, come back, log back in, and then go through checkout again because we needed to slow it down. Yeah.

And I remember we actually, instead of having the usual dropdown of 25, 50, 75, 100, all the options up until the total need of the loan, whether it was 300 or a thousand, we recoded the site to just show the 25 so that if you really wanted to participate, you'd have to lend, check out, log out, come back, log back in, and then go through checkout again because we needed to slow it down. Yeah.

So anyway, it was a lot of funny lessons, a lot of counterintuitive stuff. And I guess the main thing is you got to get comfortable continuing always to learn because the game is always changing. It's like each next level in a video game where like as soon as you, your reward for getting through one phase is like a whole different set of challenges in the next phase. So you just got to love that.

So anyway, it was a lot of funny lessons, a lot of counterintuitive stuff. And I guess the main thing is you got to get comfortable continuing always to learn because the game is always changing. It's like each next level in a video game where like as soon as you, your reward for getting through one phase is like a whole different set of challenges in the next phase. So you just got to love that.

I think there are categories. There's the category of questions that is sort of under the heading, how do we feel? I don't know, I'm a big feeler. Like, how do we process this? Oh, do we feel surprised? Are we terrified? Are we skeptical? Do we understand like what's going on here? Process, process. And then it's just the, what do we do?

I think there are categories. There's the category of questions that is sort of under the heading, how do we feel? I don't know, I'm a big feeler. Like, how do we process this? Oh, do we feel surprised? Are we terrified? Are we skeptical? Do we understand like what's going on here? Process, process. And then it's just the, what do we do?

It's almost like the qualitative, quantitative, soft stuff versus the data-driven decisions. So I don't know, every moment, every decision is different, but I am not really a panicker. So I move pretty quickly, sometimes to my detriment, from accepting what's happening and then picking a path. So it's not careless.

It's almost like the qualitative, quantitative, soft stuff versus the data-driven decisions. So I don't know, every moment, every decision is different, but I am not really a panicker. So I move pretty quickly, sometimes to my detriment, from accepting what's happening and then picking a path. So it's not careless.

I'm pretty touchy-feely about this stuff, but I honestly think it's just, I have such privilege in terms of the love that I'm surrounded by in my life from my family of origin and now the family I've built. And I feel safe and I feel like, what's the worst that can happen? If I'm well-intentioned, I think I'm pretty smart. I definitely can find smarter people around me.

I'm pretty touchy-feely about this stuff, but I honestly think it's just, I have such privilege in terms of the love that I'm surrounded by in my life from my family of origin and now the family I've built. And I feel safe and I feel like, what's the worst that can happen? If I'm well-intentioned, I think I'm pretty smart. I definitely can find smarter people around me.

If we work our best to make decisions as things come, what exactly are we afraid of? So I don't know. I don't spend a lot of time in the panic, woe is me art, usually. I do in other things, but I think I do in the things that are matter more, like the kid stuff or relationship stuff or health stuff.

If we work our best to make decisions as things come, what exactly are we afraid of? So I don't know. I don't spend a lot of time in the panic, woe is me art, usually. I do in other things, but I think I do in the things that are matter more, like the kid stuff or relationship stuff or health stuff.

I do.

I do.

Forgive me if I'm just too saccharine here, but it's genuinely how I feel. I think probably my biggest advantage in a lot of ways is... I genuinely enjoy and love people and their stories. Like I kind of don't get tired of it. I don't know which personality tests.

Forgive me if I'm just too saccharine here, but it's genuinely how I feel. I think probably my biggest advantage in a lot of ways is... I genuinely enjoy and love people and their stories. Like I kind of don't get tired of it. I don't know which personality tests.

I know I've taken some of them at some point, but I think I do remember Myers-Briggs coming back like 26 or however many categories points there are, like 26 to zero extrovert. Like I love, love. I can sit and listen to people's stories forever.

I know I've taken some of them at some point, but I think I do remember Myers-Briggs coming back like 26 or however many categories points there are, like 26 to zero extrovert. Like I love, love. I can sit and listen to people's stories forever.

And I mean, that was foundational for Kiva, listening and honoring each individual story versus having like an example or a poster child and raising money around that. Singular story, getting excited about sharing and translating story to whoever you're speaking with, whoever you're is on the other side listening at the moment.

And I mean, that was foundational for Kiva, listening and honoring each individual story versus having like an example or a poster child and raising money around that. Singular story, getting excited about sharing and translating story to whoever you're speaking with, whoever you're is on the other side listening at the moment.