Brainfood

Mercury CEO Why Fintech is more complex than software businesses

Brainfood

Show Notes

Mercury hit 8 Quarters of profit and has more cash on its balance sheet than it has raised. Immad believes the account is the wedge to build a financial platform. In this episode

How the account becomes a platform you can build much more from How Fintech is much more complex than a software business Why learning all of the non software stuff (like compliance) is critical to long term viability The importance of owning UX Why customer support tickets should drive your UX roadmap The founder-led Go-To-Market What it will take for Mercury to win

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