"We needed definitive proof that this wasn't going to work for us to stop."
In this episode, the founder of Kalshi breaks down the exact moment they realized traditional finance was broken when it came to trading on real-world events.
People were using basket stocks and proxy trades to bet on elections and major events because a direct market didn't exist. So, they built it.
Before Kalshi became a leading regulated prediction market, CEO Tarek Mansour spent years in the trenches just trying to make it work.
This is the reality of entrepreneurship that no one talks about. In a corporate job, your progress is clear.
But when you're building a groundbreaking startup, you spend 3 to 4 years working on a problem nobody cares about yet, looking like the "weird guy" in the room.
Before building a massive prediction market, Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour grew up watching a completely different kind of volatility.
Financial stress doesn’t just disappear when you find success - it shapes how you view risk, responsibility, and pressure for the rest of your life.
A powerful reminder that the traits making people successful often come from the hardest environments.
Even the most successful founders carry the weight of expectation.
Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour opens up about how childhood expectations morphed into a deep, driving anxiety to achieve his full potential.
It’s a powerful reminder that the hunger to build great things often comes from a very complex place.
Highest payroll in baseball and LAST PLACE?! 😳
The New York Mets are really out here breaking records for all the wrong reasons.
You can’t blame the players for securing the bag, but ownership has some major explaining to do!
Wait... is he actually cooking with this logic?
Born in a Dog year + the Goat year = NBA Finals?
He explains why the Knicks are having a massive year, but the ending is wild.