Fintech Leaders Immad Akhund, CEO/Founder of Mercury – Focus on Your Clients and Forget About Competitors, Planning for Startup Winter, & The Power of Networking
Miguel Armaza sits down with Immad Akhund, CEO and Founder of Mercury, a US-based neobank built for the next generation of startups. Founded almost five years ago, Mercury now enjoys unicorn status and has raised equity from great investors including CRV, Coatue, a16z, and Clocktower.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Why he’s short term pessimistic and how startups should prepare for winter and some tough times
- Founders: focus on your customers and stop wasting time thinking about your competitors
- The power of cold outreach and how entrepreneurs should perfect and embrace networking
- Company formation and interesting startup trends he’s seeing from Mercury’s clients… and a lot more!
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