Today we talk about the startup Bermuda triangle: Many startups vanish in the confusing storm of speed, disruption, and scale. A lot of times, when we meet courageous young founders or developers that try to make it with their baby startup, they want to know what is the most important of those three aspects. Having a disruptive quality of the idea, being able to scale it out fast and in a truly global fashion or getting up to speed and execute as quickly as possible.

Tom and Yana give their views and opinions on these questions, and you don’t want to miss the answer. So plugin, sit back and be sure to share your comments.

Today’s Episode:

• [00:46] Hi everyone!
• [01:04] Tom talks about the topic of this episode.
• [01:30] Yana wants to know at what point startups start asking these questions.
• [03:07] How do you apply these disruptive parameters to companies today?
• [04:31] Tom talks about disruptive markets and companies that have excelled at it.
• [06:30] How disruptive would you consider?
• [07:00] Yana defines disruptive and how it applies to this discussion.
• [08:08] Central banks are policymakers and shouldn’t serve the people.
• [09:23] Tom believes that the development happening in Africa and South America is because people now have access to FinTech.
• [10:16] Tom talks about subsidies being pumped into areas where it isn’t needed.
• [11:14] Scaling shouldn’t be a core priority; Yana gives examples.
• [12:05] Should airdrops be incorporated just for the sake of it?
• [15:53] Who should decide where the development team focuses?
• [16:24] Tom answers Yana’s question describing two different models.
• [19:11] Tom says the message is simple: don’t worry about disruption and scale when you should focus on speed.
• [19:53] Yana wholeheartedly agrees with Tom. The focus should be on speed, and the rest will come.

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• How to get in touch with us, if you’d like to tell your startup story: Yana on Instagram, Tom on LinkedIn