#41 Daring to Dream Big With Taavet Hinrikus, Co-Founder Transferwise

Taavet Hinrikus, Co-Founder Transferwise, chats with Sanjay Swamy Managing Partner Prime Venture Partners.

Taavet has been building internet businesses since 1997. He has been Skype's director of strategy until 2008, joining the company as its first ever employee.
And then he moved on and found his own venture Transferwise.


Listen to the episode to learn about:

2:05 - Why Estonia has been one of the pioneers in adoption of digital technologies 

4:16 - Early days at Skype

8:30 - How do you grow a team to 200 in 12 months

13:04 - Birth story of TransferWise

17:39 - How to not end up with technology debt

19:53 - What is the magic formula to convince the right talent to join your team?

21:11- Transparency as a core value 

24:48 - Quick learning and adaptation to grow in a fast changing world.

Read the complete transcript here.

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