Brick by Brick Brick by Brick: Finding PMF in Africa with Sid Sridhar, Head of Business @ Wave (fmr. Sendwave, Uber, Google)
Sid Sridhar is Head of Business at Wave, a leading fintech company in Africa. Prior to Wave, Sid had stints at companies like Google, Uber, and Sendwave, and has the unique distinction of being Venmo user number 5! Through these experiences, he gained deep expertise in international payments, finance, and fintech broadly.
Sid shares his journey into startups, the lessons he's learned from building in Africa, what product market fit feels like, and how he balances his career while being a father of two young kids.
In this episode, we cover:
- How Sid's background as an expat and finance and international payments led him to an early stage startup
- The feeling of product-market fit at Sendwave, and the operational challenges that come with it
- The decision to sell Sendwave's business to focus on building Wave, business with more network-effects
- The differences in building startups in the developed markets vs emerging markets like Africa
- Balancing life as a startup operator and a father of two young kids
Where to find Sid:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sid-sridhar/
Brick by Brick is presented by Garuda Ventures (https://garuda.vc).
About Garuda Ventures:
Garuda Ventures is a B2B-focused pre-seed and seed venture fund. Garuda is a first-check firm and aims to earn the right to be a founder's first call as they go about building their companies. To learn more, visit https://www.garuda.vc
Today's episode was hosted by Rishi Taparia. Find Rishi on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rktaparia/), Substack (taps.substack.com) or X/Twitter (x.com/taps)
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