How to Scale a Capital Programme

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Stara is the founder and chief executive of online flower shop, shammer.com. The site allows customers to buy bouquets for as little as £1 from a single order. Stara has raised more than $100 million in venture capital since launching last year. She says she had 'sleepless night' after launch when no one wanted her product.

After PayPal sold to eBay in 2002, Max Levchin could have relaxed on a beach for the rest of his life. But that’s not the kind of person he is. He isn’t happy unless he’s coming up with new ideas and building companies – so much so that he actually fell into a dark place after leaving PayPal. He didn’t fully find himself until years later, when he rediscovered his passion for the “hard, valuable, fun” problems of fintech. Now, Max runs another billion-dollar company: Affirm, a “buy now, pay later” service that’s transforming how we purchase things on credit. This is the second part of a two-part conversation with Max; to hear the story of PayPal, be sure to listen to part 1!

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