Khalid Meniri, Co-Founder & CEO at Selfbook - On hospitality & what the tech ecosystem gets right
Wharton FinTech Podcast
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The Early Days of Khalid
Khalid: My entrepreneurial journey has been a testament to the power of, I would say, perseverance. And perhaps I would add relentless pursuit of opportunities. The launch of the iPhone in 2007 was a turning point for me and I knew right away that I wanted to design and build apps with no formal education, paperwork, or track record. So, my co-founder now is another fellow Algerian and app developer at the time, Ilias. We together co-founded Six Travel which quickly gained recognition including being named Apple's app of the day. While working on the app, we discovered a massive gap in the payment process for hotels that relied on outdated systems. That was the revelation
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