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474: Why Market Uncertainty Is Good for Founders with Sebastian Siemiatkowski of Klarna

474: Why Market Uncertainty Is Good for Founders with Sebastian Siemiatkowski of Klarna

FromThe Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan


474: Why Market Uncertainty Is Good for Founders with Sebastian Siemiatkowski of Klarna

FromThe Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Aug 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Sebastian Siemiatkowski says financial uncertainty is the best thing that can happen to you. Siemiatkowski is the CEO and co-founder of Klarna, the world’s biggest “buy now pay later” company, bringing consumers a low-cost and low-risk alternative to traditional high-cost credit. Sebastian came from humble beginnings and built Karna into a finance and banking industry disruptor that now has over 150 million users worldwide. Learn how he’s overcome negative public perception, co-founder breakups, and market lows to sustain Klarna’s influence in the industry. 

Listen to Nathan and Sebastian discuss: 

Starting a tech company with no coding skills

Filling a gap of buy now pay for digital businesses

Why profitability was their main focus early on 

Why financial success ruined his co-founder relationships 

What would he do differently with co-founders 

Why banking is the perfect industry to disrupt 

Dealing with negative public perception 

Why economic uncertainty is good for entrepreneurs

And much more founder advice…


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Released:
Aug 25, 2023
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We interview hard to reach entrepreneurs. (Mark Cuban, Seth Godin, Tim Ferriss, Tony Robbins, Barbara Corcoran, Daymond John & many more). Unlike most podcast interview series Nathan Chan literally started from knowing nothing. He was just an average guy working in a 9-5 job he utterly hated. He knew nothing about entrepreneurship, nothing about startups, nothing about marketing, and nothing about online or how to build a business. So from launching Foundr Magazine he's gone out and spoken to some of the most successful entrepreneurs and founders in the world in the world to find out exactly what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur, so YOU can learn from them. Why this podcast? Because we're asking the same questions you want to know as an entrepreneur on their journey to building an extremely successful business. We're on the front-lines facing the daily battles you are. How do I get more customers? How do I scale my business? I want to start a business, but just don't know where to start? How did this person get millions of customers and make millions of dollars and have a such a massive impact on the world? Some of these entrepreneurs are very well known, and some not known at all and that’s the cool part! Here we will share with you our best interviews from Foundr magazine showcasing this persons processes, failures, critical lessons learnt and actionable strategies showing YOU how to build a successful business. This is NOT your AVERAGE everyday entrepreneurship podcast.