Building Successful Tech Ecosystems In Europe
summary
A startup story that becomes a scale-up: born from cross-border banking pain, grows to more than a million users and moves €1 billion/month by matching pay-ins locally and adding an extra office and roughly ~40 regulators to its roster. Post-referendum planning focuses on where to open a European HQ because of passporting, talent and regulatory friction. Product moves from transfers to a multi-currency balances account with local account numbers and a forthcoming debit card, aiming for transparent, cheaper FX.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Transferwise mission
- 1:04Brexit and London tech
- 2:51Startup regulation challenges
- 4:17Transferwise HQ search
- 6:05UK government advice
- 7:28Regulation for innovation
- 9:56European tech problems
- 11:43Data flow and innovation
- 13:30Data ownership models
- 14:58Regulation bias against startups
- 16:23Startup lobbying empowerment
- 18:12Unified startup market solutions
- 19:19Failure in entrepreneurship
- 20:22Success stories impact
- 20:45Transferwise Borderless account
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