"The most important thing, in my opinion, is to be willing to act fast," he says. "There's always a human cost and it's always gonna be, you know, painful and difficult." The company laid off 6,000 people last week but raised $100 million from CBS this week. 'It was important for them to see that we were taking actions and moving'
This week Darrell and Becca are joined by Klarna’s Co-founder and CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski to talk about how the company is expanding beyond by now pay later space to become a neobank. Sebastian walks us through his European startup journey, breaking into the US market, how the importance of calm leadership through a market downturn, and what’s next for Klarna.
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