Cofounder/CEO of Wallex (a SEA based fintech startup) and my former boss Hiro Kiga, discusses his learnings working as a VC, lessons from the early days of building Wallex and deciding to go the path of acquisition versus raising more rounds of funding.
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Show Notes
01.10 Quick fire questions
01.38 Introduction 
03.40 Learnings as a VC
04.59 Why become a founder 
06.02 The initial jump to start Wallex
07.42 Operating without a license 
08.44 7 Rejections, Raising a seed round 
10.04 Police scrutiny while applying for a license 
13.00 Scaling to Indonesia and Hong Kong 
14.45 Hiring in the early days 
17.25 Getting acquired vs raising more rounds 
20.20 Advice for the 2016 Hiro
21.45 Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8
23.30 The nicest thing someone has ever done for you 
25.10 Most important habits
26.50 Fintech trends  
29.10 Changes in the trends of startup landscape
32.42 Closing Words