This week, we sat down with  Eli Wachs, Co-founder and CEO of Footprint. During the conversation, we covered Eli’s journey from being an undergraduate student at Stanford to an obsession with KYC and starting Footprint. We also cover KYC, starting with the Patriot Act, how to find early customers, execution at scale, and Eli’s second career as a comedian. 

Episode Chapters: 

1. What makes Eli, Eli - 1:12
2. Innovation at Stanford - 3:33
3. Know Your Customer (KYC) - 5:42
4. Why should customers trust Footprint? - 9:45
5. The value Footprint provides - 12:46
6. Working with larger banks - 16:50
7. Keeping consumer data secure - 18:30
8. What is keeping Eli up? - 20:48 
9. Moral guidance around data - 23:37
10. Stand up comedy - 27:35 
11. Ending questions - 31:45

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