Compliance That Makes Sense

093 - How Easy Money Led to Down Rounds for Klarna, BlockFi and Co.


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When people feel that money is easy to get, it destroys incentivization. Today’s episode is about the issues that FinTech startups are now experiencing due to the availability of easy money. 

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Today's episode:

[00:42] Introducing today’s topic: the problem of easy money. 

[01:14] Why airports are experiencing so many issues at the moment. 

[03:08] How people often behave when they feel that money is easy to come by. 

[03:42] Factors that have led to the creation of an illusion of financial abundance.

[05:07] My thoughts on some of the startup valuations that I have been seeing. 

[05:55] Examples of mistakes that some of my clients have made as a result of the illusion of abundance.

[07:00] Business elements that investors are interested in right now. 

[07:46] What the future holds for many FinTech startups.

[08:24] Reasons that signal that we are not yet at rock bottom.

[10:24] Don’t let bad news get you down, use it as fuel to enhance your productivity! 

 

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Compliance That Makes SenseBy Yana Afanasieva

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