We published our clinical research in peer-reviewed journals before we had a sales team. That was deliberate. In healthcare, credibility is the product.
We have clinical trials published in peer-reviewed journals. Actual science. Most health apps have testimonials and before-after photos. We have data. That distinction matters when you're charging $59 a month.
People tell me I'm too young to give financial advice. I was trading millions of dollars at JP Morgan at 22. Age isn't credibility — experience is. And I've been in the room where the money moves.
When JPMorgan builds on your chain, you know something is working. Institutions don't experiment with toys. They experiment with infrastructure they might actually use.
Our first vehicle was the EP9 supercar. It broke the Nürburgring EV record. People said — why is a startup building a supercar? Because credibility in automotive is earned on the track, not in a press release.
I get taken more seriously as an investor now. But in the early days, founders would pitch me and think it was a joke. Those founders missed out.
All four founders are former teachers. We know what works in a classroom because we've been in one.
Jeff Bezos invested personally. When the richest man on Earth backs your real estate startup, doors open.
I built two companies before I became a venture capitalist. That is why founders trust me. I have been where they are.
NVIDIA trusted us with their billion-dollar construction project. When NVIDIA is your customer, people stop asking if your technology works.
A French guy building a digital bank for Nigerians sounds unlikely. But I spent years working in mobile financial services across Africa. This isn't tourism. It's my career.