The Unfinished Product
The Unfinished Product is a podcast about the personal - and often untold - moments that influence founders' and operators' journeys. They may have raised millions or nothing at all, but they’re all doing incredible things that we can all learn from today. We have as much to learn from those who are on the journey as those who have finished it, but most people aren’t telling those stories. I'm here to tell those stories.
The Unfinished Product
Lessons From a Serial Founder with William Lorenz
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William Lorenz
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Season 1
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Episode 4
In this episode I'm joined by William Lorenz. Having founded two fintech startups and been an exec at a number of others, it’s easy to think that William has successfully achieved all of his startup ambitions. In many he has, but he’s still far from finished. His journey takes us from building his first fintech after the dot com bubble burst, all the way to now, where he is COO for yet another early stage payments company.
Trailer (The high level journey): Consultant > Co-Founder/COO @ Ixaris > Co-Founder/COO @ Kwanji > Director @ Modular > COO @ Dapio
Outtakes (the moments few people saw, but shaped everything):
- Starting a company following the dot com boom and bust
- Building multiple high growth startups in the fintech space
- Knowing when a startup idea just isn’t going to work
- The importance of developing EQ
- Embracing the Joy of Missing Out
- Curating your mentee network to add maximum value
Edits (the things you might have done differently, if you could go back):
- Listen to find out!