I have interviewed 1,000 entrepreneurs over 10 years. Nik Storonsky and our guest today are the two best that I have interviewed.
Joining the show today; Alan Chang, Co-Founder and CEO of Fuse Energy. Alan has scaled Fuse Energy from $2M in revenue in the first year, to $20M the second year to now $400M in the third year. Like Netflix beat incumbents to own media, Revolut beat incumbents to own banking, Fuse will beat incumbents to own energy. Prior to founding Fuse, Alan was one of the first three hires at Revolut where he played a crucial role alongside Nik (Founder) in scaling the company to over $75BN valuation.
AGENDA:
00:04:00 — The interview process that led to the $150M pay packet
00:05:05 — The moment I knew Revolut was going to be a $TRN company
00:06:10 — How Revolut drove speed and urgency in their teams
00:07:35 — Biggest lesson from Nik Storonsky @ Revolut
00:09:40 — If you want to build a generational company, you cannot have work-life balance
00:11:40 — What I disagreed with Nik @ Revolut on most
00:13:35 — Is Nik right that Revolut should have got a banking licence earlier?
00:15:05 — The green movement and the idea of “using less” is BS
00:22:55 — Why China is the shining light for regulation to follow
00:33:00 — What Nik at Revolut taught me about ownership and excuses
00:34:50 — The signs of truly top performing people in a team
00:36:55 — We do not have enough ambitious founders — we need to do more, not focus
00:39:55 — You need to work weekends to win
00:43:50 — Every single year we 10x revenue — now at ~$400M
00:44:35 — Why Eastern European engineers are the best
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