The Enthusiast
"Entrepreneurial Talent is Global" - On The Enthusiast, Host Pat Alex chats with some of the most fascinating Founders, Operators and Investors Beyond Silicon Valley.
Every two weeks, he sits down with the likes of Arjuna Costa (Flourish), Paulo Passoni, Jeffrey Paine (Golden Gate Ventures), Gerry Giacoman (Clara) and Monica Brand Engel (Quona) to dissect their challenges around scaling, fundraising, managing boards and company leadership. Taken together, the guests have raised venture capital in the hundreds of millions and are behind their regions' biggest business and venture successes paving the way towards a more equitable and diverse future.
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The Enthusiast
[Operator Stories] Mikhail Lomtadze (Kaspi) on building a $20Bn business out of Kazakhstan, the superapp strategy and secrets on execution
On this episode Pat sits down with Mikhail Lomtadze, CEO of superapp Kaspi.
We dive into the origin story of the business, its humble beginnings in Kazakhstan to going public on Nasdaq earlier this year at a whopping $20Bn market cap.
You will learn about
- How to successully execute the superapp strategy
- How to go about product priosiation and not losing focus
- Why customer centricity is the key to everything
- The importance of culture in scaling your business
You can find Mikhail on LinkedIn here.