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Why I love recessions and what the military taught me, Arik Shtilman, Co-founder Rapyd
Arik Shtilman heads up global payments solution Rapyd – one of Europe’s most highly valued fintechs. Arik’s first rung on the career ladder was the Israeli army, which taught him a ‘carpe diem’ approach to business that has since helped him win over investors and turn Rapyd into Israel’s most valuable private company (it recently achieved a 15bn dollar valuation).
Arik explains that the genesis for Rapyd lies in a fellow founder being stung on FX charges on a stag do to the Czech Republic. It was a steep learning curve where they encountered ‘every single problem on planet earth’ before…
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