Taavet Hinrikus was the first employee at Skype and came to INSEAD in 2010 to study for an MBA. He is now the co-founder of Transferwise, an online money-transfer business.
How does it feel to raise $58m? (00:27) How did you become Skype’s first employee? (01:09) What lessons did you learn? (01:53) Why did you choose to come to INSEAD? (02:45) What does Transferwise do? (03:23) How did you choose the idea? (03:44) Is there a template to follow? (04:23) Is entrepreneurship easy for you? (05:02) What would you say to aspiring entrepreneurs? (05:46)

Taavet Hinrikus of TransferWise at TechCrunch Disrupt London.

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Taavet Hinrikus, the founder and CEO of money transfer service TransferWise, speaks to Adam Parsons about why London has become a hub for financial technology but explains why he wouldn’t choose to headquarter his firm here if he was launching it today.

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How startups can utilise their funding efficiently? What’s the role of word of mouth when it comes to accelerating growth? In this session two thriving founders will dig deep into the factors that enable rapid scaling and creating the perfect growth storm. Taavet Hinrikus, co-founder of Transferwise, and Barney Hussey-Yeo, founder & CEO of Cleo, discuss.

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