Episode description

In this episode, Matt Oppenheimer, Co-Founder and CEO of Remitly, shares how he took the company from 0 to 4.2 million customers and a multibillion-dollar IPO.

Matt's personal experiences, coupled with witnessing the struggles of his Kenyan friends who relied on outdated systems for sending money, fueled his determination to create a platform to transform money orders, saving immigrants millions and empowering them financially.

Specifically, Matt dives into:

- The inspiration behind addressing the challenges with international money transfers.

- Finding the right co-founders and acquiring early customers.

- Key strategies to acquire and retain a large, international user base.

- The process of building trust and credibility with customers.

- Prioritizing the right ideas to develop and work on.

- How to choose which international markets to expand to first.

- Remitly's top 3 challenges and how they are dealt with.

- One piece of unconventional advice that founders ignore, but shouldn't.

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