{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f15aaf5ea96cb0d9679b721/6aa93a4bfce2f882266956cf?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"From a Mall Booth to a Billion-Dollar Unicorn featuring Matt Oppenheimer","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5f15aaf5ea96cb0d9679b721/1789475263310-017dd59b-a37c-412d-8fd7-bb92c5640ba4.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode of the Give First podcast, David Cohen sits down with Matt Oppenheimer, founder and chair of Remitly, the cross-border payments company he grew from a mall booth into a billion-dollar business.</p><p><br></p><p>Matt reflects on the focus and grit it took to scale Remitly across borders, the fundraising road that tested him, and knowing when it was time to hand off the CEO seat.</p><p><br></p><p>He is one of 13 unicorn founders featured in David Cohen and Amir Hegazi's new book, Chasing Unicorns, which lays out the PRIDE framework behind Techstars' billion-dollar companies.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Matt Oppenheimer on LinkedIn - <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattoppenheimer/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattoppenheimer/</a></p><p>Read Chasing Unicorns here -<a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Unicorns/dp/1068476079\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Unicorns/dp/1068476079</a></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Techstars"}