The Razor’s Edge is an investing podcast that combines a prop trader’s viewpoint and deep-dive fundamental research to provide a unique take on the markets. The show is co-hosted by Akram’s Razor, a trader, tech enthusiast, meat lover, Marvel fanboy, battle tested activist short-seller and humble market servant, and by Daniel Shvartsman, VP of Content at Investing.com and someone who has seen thousands of investing pitches and ideas and how they play out over the past decade. The duo start with a theme or idea from Akram’s investing, then break it down to understand what goes into the idea, what could go wrong, and what else investors and traders need to know. They also interview industry leaders, executives, and other investors to get a wider perspective. The show has thousands of listeners around the world.
Episodes
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
This week on the Razor's Edge, we speak with Karim Atiyeh, a serial fintech entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Ramp, a fast-growing spend management fintech company. He talks about the company's positioning and alignment with customers, what he learned from his time at Capital One after the credit card giant acquired his previous company, and what it was like launching a product a month before the pandemic began, from a New York office no less.
Topics Covered
- 3:30 minute mark – Ramp’s target market and the distinction between focusing on transaction fees and spend management
- 10:15 – Selling into the finance department and the effect on organizations
- 14:45 – Ramp’s origin story and the opportunity for spend management in the market
- 20:00 – Price transparency vs. dynamic pricing in SaaS
- 23:15 – The fintech ecosystem
- 28:15 – The importance of integrations, with Slack as an example
- 34:15 – Launching a company in the face of COVID
- 41:15 – The return to the office
- 43:15 – Hiring during and after COVID
- 48:15 – Remote effect on the workplace dynamic for new hires
- 51:45 – Business spending changes during the pandemic
- 54:45 – COVID Peak for many businesses
- 1:05:15 – Peak Screen time/audio
- 1:15:15 – The meme-iverse and the loudest voices in the financial social media ecosphere, and bitcoin
- 1:21:15 – Karim’s investing takes, and Shopify
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