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4 months ago · Aba

The biggest mistake most fintech startups make is trying to do everything at once. According to the KAST founder, the secret is finding your niche, becoming really good at it, and building a business around the thing that actually makes you money. The card is just the entry point. The real business is everything you build around it.

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4 months ago

E180: KAST Founder: Most crypto neobanks will be gone in 12 months @raagulanpathy is the founder and CEO of @KASTxyz , a global stablecoin neobank, and a former Circle exec. He raised $80 million at a $600 million valuation on the thesis that the real prize isn't the stablecoin - it's the bank you build on top of it. We get into the money, the grind, and the token decision that pissed a chunk of his community off. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 01:58 How Raagulan Decides What Gets Done At KAST 04:35 The Chaos KAST Employees Deal With Daily 05:38 Raagulan's Hiring Philosophy At KAST 07:02 Why Firing Is Harder Than Hiring 08:35 The One Error That Could Kill KAST 09:52 How Raagulan Convinces Stablecoin Skeptics 10:46 What Outsiders Miss About The Payment Industry 12:06 Why KAST Needs So Many Different Departments 18:32 Partnerships: @variational_io & @Bitwise 19:24 Raagulan's Real Take On Fees 21:55 KAST's Best Type Of Customer 23:53 The Thing Raagulan Can't Say Publicly 26:54 Founders Can't Chase All These Three Things At Once 29:04 Raagulan's Experience With GLP-1s 31:39 How KAST Kept Growing When Bitcoin Crashed 50% 34:05 KAST Is On Track For $100 Million In Revenue 36:55 Why KAST Hasn't Blown Up From Overspending 41:04 Why Everyone's Racing To Build Neobanks 42:52 What Makes Neobanks So Hard To Build 44:54 Why Neobanks Keep Shutting Down 45:57 What KAST Offers That Exchanges Can't 49:14 KAST Isn't A Card Business 50:43 How KAST Is Building Momentum 54:57 Raagulan On His Competitors 56:29 Partnerships: KAST & @Trezor 57:33 Kevin's Honest Take On KAST 58:59 What KAST Is Doing With the $80 Million they raised 01:01:55 Would Raagulan Ever Sell Equity? 01:06:57 Who Buys In At A $3B Valuation Next? 01:08:39 Is Your Money Actually Yours Inside KAST 01:10:49 What Happens To Your Money If KAST Collapses 01:17:38 Custodial Vs Self-Custodial: Pros And Cons 01:19:52 Why KAST Obsesses Over Design And Brand 01:22:42 Partnerships: @JupiterExchange & @ethena 01:23:26 KAST Points & Token: Should The KAST Community Feel Cheated? 01:34:13 What's Actually Behind This Tokenized Stock? 01:35:25 The Hill Raagulan Will Die On 01:36:41 One Prediction That Comes True In 5 Years 01:37:59 Is The Worst Behind Us In Crypto? 01:42:57 The One Thing To Remember From This Conversation 01:45:16 Closing Thoughts

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