Gilad Uziely - Serial Entrepreneur & Startup Advisor | The Brutal Truth About Why 90% of Startups Fail
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Gilad Uziely is the Co-founder and CEO of Sequence, a fintech startup backed by $7.5M in venture funding and building the world’s first financial “router” to tackle the $25 trillion global consumer banking market. A serial entrepreneur, he previously co-founded the neo-bank Lance, launched the guided-tour marketplace Mekomy, and led major innovation initiatives for Tel Aviv Global. Born in Jerusalem and raised in Tel Aviv, Gilad served in the IDF, earned a degree in International Business from the University of Technology Sydney, and now lives in Tel Aviv with his wife and two daughters.
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➡️ Talking Points
00:00 – Intro
01:33 – The Highs and Lows of Entrepreneurship
03:09 – Why Gilad Chose Entrepreneurship
04:34 – Lessons from a Failed First Company
06:42 – How Even Pros Get Core Assumptions Wrong
08:29 – Detaching Emotion to Make Better Decisions
16:04 – The Big Mindset Shift Behind Sequence’s Success
17:41 – Handling Investors in Tough Times
25:14 – Sponsor Break
27:25 – Founders’ Guide to Surviving Desperate Times
30:58 – Smart Strategies for Raising Capital
39:27 – What Makes Sequence Different from Competitors
44:38 – Sponsor Break
46:33 – How Sequence Changes Users’ Lives
50:06 – Financial Safeguards You Can Trust
53:44 – Will AI Make Bookkeepers Obsolete?
57:40 – The Future of Banking
1:00:18 – How to Extract Value from Failure
1:01:17 – Keeping Morale High in a Brutally Honest World
1:03:49 – The Best Advice Gilad Ever Received
1:04:09 – The #1 Lesson for His Children
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