This week’s podcast episode guest is Bolt Financial CEO Maju Kuruvilla. A former executive at Amazon, where he helped launch Amazon Fresh, Maju has taken over at Bolt to help build the future of e-commerce.  

Searching for Mana is about finding future category leading tech firms in real-time. Almost every business goes through ups and downs, and the path to the top is never completely smooth.

Bolt has scaled to great heights already, but also faced challenges, competing against the likes of Amazon, Shopify and Alibaba to create the future of e-commerce.

Lloyd dives into Maju’s background, from helping the family business during his childhood in India, how this gave him perspective and shaped his leadership style, to becoming CEO at a leading FinTech player.

Inspired by the Ride of a Lifetime, by Bob Iger, evening walks, and with a love of building, Lloyd dives into Maju’s psychology.

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[ 0:00 - 4:37 ] Size and Scale of Bolt 

[ 4:38 - 10:09 ] Commerce 3.0: Taking on Amazon, Shopify

[ 10:10 - 13:46 ] Decentralised commerce & crypto 

[ 13:47 - 21:43 ] Bolt: seamlessly managing the checkout experience 

[ 21:44 - 25:57 ] Quick-fire round 

[ 25:58 - 32:58 ] Walking, walking and more walking & Maju’s Mana

[ 32:59 - 39:10 ] Maju’s background and family shop 

[ 39:11 - 47:45 ] Competitiveness, Maju’s winning mentality and causing fundamental change

[ 47:46 - 54:58 ] Helping merchants and providing solutions for the modern consumer 

[ 54:59 - 59:18 ] The Hollywood outcome for Bolt