Uldis Teraudkalns & Janis Zeps

The Pursuit of Scrappiness

Education EN ↓ 229 episodes

Whether you are building a business, running a team or just starting out in your career we are here to bring you scrappy and actionable insights to help you become more productive.

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Uldis Teraudkalns & Janis Zeps

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#4 - Is the stock investing app business model irreparably flawed and will a 'local Klarna' bring Buy Now Pay Later to the Baltics? 30.03.2021 59:58

We dig deeper into two fintech verticals - stock investing apps and the business model of Robinhood as well as Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) and the reasons why Klarna is Europe’s most valuable private fintech company. Should you start a new stock investing fintech and will we stop paying full price for goods immediately as the new norm in shopping? Find out in the latest episode! Things you will learn...

#3 - Eerik Oja (CEO Planet42) on radical honesty, borrowing money from friends to buy cars in Africa, and raising $20 M to bring mobility to people ignored by banks 23.03.2021 1:08:05

Eerik (EE) and his partner Marten (EE) co-founded Planet42 in 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa. They started by borrowing money from their friends to buy and rent cars to people who otherwise would not have access to credit. Talk about taking risks. Since then, Planet 42 has raised USD 20 million from both VCs as well prominent tech entrepreneurs and is on its way to expand to Mexico this year. ...

#2 - Is it time for companies to start buying Bitcoin and who will capture the instant food delivery market? 16.03.2021 57:57

We discuss 2 things that have seen a meteoric rise in March - Bitcoin and hundreds of millions of Euros in venture capital investments pouring into instant food delivery in Europe Will Uldis spend his government stimmy checks to buy Bitcoin and why is Janis so excited about strangers in gorilla costumes bringing cookies to his apartment? Find out in the latest episode Bitcoin: Reasons why holding...

#1 - Interview with Toms Niparts (CEO Jeff App) on hiring top talent, building company culture, fundraising and the future of fintech apps 15.03.2021 1:06:01

In our first interview, we are excited to welcome Toms Niparts the Co-Founder and CEO of Jeff-app.com - a matchmaker between people and loans that gathers and utilizes alternative data to help unbanked consumers in Asia access financial services. Toms shares his experience of starting a business remotely on the other side of the world, tips on hiring the top talent with a strong cultural fit as w...