Nigel Verdon - Railsr - Why Fintech is dead and the Great Bitcoin Experiment

Recorded in October, this week’s episode is with Nigel Verdon- Founder of Railsr (formerly known as Railsbank) who are pioneering something called ‘Embedded finance’ - best described as the financial layer of the internet.

Founding a startup is stressful, difficult and often painful at times - one of the most important skills of a founder, as many previous guests have said, is resilience.

And after going through it once, you would understand if someone never wanted to go through it all again…

Nigel, however, has started not one, not two but three businesses - giving him an expert view on the challenges entrepreneurs face at different stages on their journey.

We’ll talk in this episode about why you need to hire different types of people at different times, the difference between builders and operators & why Fintech may disappear. 

The topics we discuss in this episode are:

• Why Nigel rebranded from Railsbank to Railsr
• What is embedded finance?
• What is the future of FinTech?
• The future of currency and crypto - the great experiment of Bitcoin.
• How curiosity drove him to start a THIRD startup.
• The access to fast finance that embedded finance will power and how it's driving new experiences in sports.
• Nigel’s advice to new entrepreneurs.
• Nigel’s advice to himself aged 25 - don’t fail your A-Levels!
• Deciding to break into FinTech. 
• Jobs of the Future- the biggest learnings on hirings through 3 huge companies.
• The thesis of Builders and Operators.
• Giving back to the FinTech ecosystem.

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