Ep 81: Martin Sokk
Building Europe's top investing app, raising money from Richard Branson & unicorn productivity tips from Wise
Martin Sokk is the CEO and Co-Founder of Lightyear - an app that makes investing lightyears better. Bringing his experience and practical learnings from Wise (Transferwise), Martin and his team have set out to significantly increase stock market participation in Europe.
n this episode we talk about:
Increasing stock market participation in Europe
Building of standout Fintech products
Applying learning from unicorn experience
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The topics covered in this episode with Timestamps
03:00 - Increasing stock market participation in Europe
12:00 - Making investing safer and more accessible for everyone
19:50 - The Lightyear product and business model
25:10 - How to build a standout Fintech product
30:30 - Getting the attention of big name VCs
36:30 - Learnings from working at Wise
42:30 - Martin's main productivity tips from working at Wise and Lightyear
Try investing via Lightyear here > https://golightyear.com/eu
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