Sherry Jiang: Founder Poker Strategy, Navigating Product-Market Fit Pivots & Big Tech Career Advice- E475

Sherry Jiang, CEO & Cofounder of Peek, and Jeremy Au explored three key topics:

1. Navigating Product-Market Fit Pivots: Crypto winter forced Sherry to pivot from her original idea—an algorithmic stablecoin protocol for Southeast Asian currencies. This shift led to the creation of Peek, an AI-powered platform for managing net worth. She highlighted the challenges of gaining traction, facing ambiguous customer demand, and maintaining deep customer engagement. Sherry emphasized how adaptability is essential when an original business model fails to fit the market. She candidly discussed the emotional and logistical hurdles of steering a company through such changes, underscoring the need for transparent communication with both internal teams and external stakeholders, especially investors.