{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5c92c88b5e222bd90980d1fc/5ef423dfe11950431c3b8748?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Wole Ayodele, Fliqpay","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5c92c88b5e222bd90980d1fc/1593058228183-6b6d9472041cded499a3c7d8a5c895f8.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>OUR SPONSOR FOR THIS EPISODE</strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.valence.community/?referral=unfound&amp;utm_source=victoria&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=unfound\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Valence</a>,<em>&nbsp;a new and exciting community built for black professionals</em></p><p><strong>Founders Unfound listeners</strong>: get free membership and&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.valence.community/?referral=unfound&amp;utm_source=victoria&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=unfound\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">priority access here</a></p><p>Sign up for the Valence BOOST Challenge:&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.valence.community/boostchallenge\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.valence.community/boostchallenge</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode Wole and Dan discussed:</strong></p><ul><li>Startup life in Nigeria during a pandemic lockdown</li><li>How cryptocurrency is more than a speculation tool</li><li>Wole's career arc through engineering, marketing, and banking</li><li>a quick tutorial from Wole on cross-border payments</li><li>Raising money globally in a COVID-19 world</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Episode Shout Outs:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.techstars.com/accelerators/bangalore\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Techstars Bangalore</a></li></ul><p>Wole Ayodele is an entrepreneur who is on a roll. Wole is classically trained as an engineer but began his career in marketing. It's a chance to shift into banking, however, that helped Wole find his passion for finance. He is on his SECOND fintech startup with Fliqpay, a company that uses cryptocurrency infrastructure to help businesses send and receive payments globally. The Fliqpay platform cuts transaction time <strong>from days to minutes</strong> which is significant when their clients are waiting for payments to settle. With Fliqpay, literally time is money!</p><p><br></p><p>Listen in to hear the story.</p><p><br></p><h3>MORE on WOLE and FLIQPAY</h3><p><strong>WOLE:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/AyowoleOA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com/AyowoleOA</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/woleayodele/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">linkedin.com/in/woleayodele/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://youtu.be/eQ1S2u4gb0Y\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fliqpay Pitch on Techstars Demo Day</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>FLIQPAY:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.fliqpay.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">fliqpay.com/</a></p><p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/fliqpay\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com/fliqpay</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/company/fliqpay/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">linkedin.com/company/fliqpay/</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"http://wavve.link/Founders\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Founders Unfound</a>&nbsp;: Like and share - help us grow!</p><p><a href=\"https://foundersunfound.com/podcast-transcript-ep14-wole-ayodele\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>PODCAST TRANSCRIPT</em></a></p>","author_name":"Daniel Kihanya"}