Charlie Youakim
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Well, I think we're early days still in this market.
I think we have like seven to ten years of growth or strong growth in the BNPL space.
So I think it's going to be a rising tide for all the players.
Well, I wasn't the lemonade stand kid, that's for sure.
I was a video gamer.
I love science, technology, coding, building computers, basically a nerd.
But no entrepreneurs in my family or friend group are anywhere nearby.
I just always thought it was interesting.
And I think my first job out of school, I wasn't that pressured.
It wasn't that high of a bar.
I had time on my hand.
I was tinkering, playing with stuff.
I remember building a Dropbox-like product before Dropbox.
And I wish I would have known how to start a company back then.
And then it just kind of happened.
I was talking to my cousin about starting a company, going to business school.
And it was during the global financial crisis.
And we just said, let's do it.
Let's try it.
I mean, I think we're both adventurers.