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Building a Disruptive Payments Company (with Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski)

Building a Disruptive Payments Company (with Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski)

Update: 2024-06-24
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The tenacity required to build Klarna over the last 19 years is astonishing. Despite several headwinds and changes in the payments landscape since founding, Klarna is used today by 150 million consumers globally, processing two million payments a day. Founder and CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski joins us for one of the most honest and thoughtful discussions we’ve ever had on the show. If you’re a business strategy nerd, it’s a great case study in how to leverage the strengths you have as a startup vs. incumbents, and how to compete against other startups in your space. In Klarna's case: the rapid rise of buy-now-pay-later. Sebastian also takes us into the logic of his aggressive AI strategy for cost reduction, product experience, and payments innovation.

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Building a Disruptive Payments Company (with Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski)

Building a Disruptive Payments Company (with Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski)

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