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Shola Akinlade

5 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 16, 2018 by Shola Akinlade · across every show →

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Oct 16, 2018 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Critics mocked Paystack for challenging a 14-year-old, $1B incumbent
“Two years ago, like, when I told people I was doing a payment company, like, people laughed at me, like, ha, ha, ha, ha, like, how your competition is a, like, fourteen-year-old company that has a billion dollar.”
Shola Akinlade Oct 16, 2018 ▶ 34:00 Helping African Businesses Get Paid, Shola Akinlade of Paystack · Y Combinator
Oct 16, 2018 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Historically, Nigerian startup founders were older than Silicon Valley peers
“In Nigeria, oh well, when I was starting up. The kind of people that were building cool stuff, but really like in the, Thirties and their forties and their fifties.”
Shola Akinlade Oct 16, 2018 ▶ 10:31 Helping African Businesses Get Paid, Shola Akinlade of Paystack · Y Combinator
Oct 16, 2018 positive
Insight
Getting into YC is easy if founders clearly articulate their business
“If you have like all the right components, it's extremely easy, you know? I think the hard work is, can you, Clearly articulate how impressive your business is. Can you just even explain what you're doing and can they understand what you're saying?”
Shola Akinlade Oct 16, 2018 ▶ 30:07 Helping African Businesses Get Paid, Shola Akinlade of Paystack · Y Combinator
Oct 16, 2018 neutral
Assertion Supported
Most cryptocurrency activity in Nigeria is focused on rapid trading
“Most of the activities around trading, you know, people are buying and selling very quickly.”
Shola Akinlade Oct 16, 2018 ▶ 29:19 Helping African Businesses Get Paid, Shola Akinlade of Paystack · Y Combinator
Oct 16, 2018 neutral
Assertion Supported
Nigeria still lacked a Cash App equivalent as of late 2018
“There's still no, like, cash app.”
Shola Akinlade Oct 16, 2018 ▶ 32:07 Helping African Businesses Get Paid, Shola Akinlade of Paystack · Y Combinator
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