Sameer: Younger generalists excel at zero-to-one execution due to less baggage
Suhail Sameer · The Secret Behind BharatPe’s Massive Success ft. Shashvat Nakrani & Suhail Sameer · Oct 10, 2022 · at 20:31
BharatPe CEO Suhail Sameer reflects on co-founder Shashvat Nakrani's ability to rapidly learn and scale the BharatSwipe product without prior industry background.
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“I generally believe generalists and Younger folks have that skill a lot more because there's a lot less baggage of what I know, right?”
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