5 lessons from a fintech CEO’s early days as a bar owner

Moments of adversity, no matter the industry, can help you improve as an entrepreneur.

I have always been fascinated with entrepreneurship. The sliver of an idea, a willingness to take risks, and an ability to see a solution through the fog have driven me throughout my career. It led to the creation of Traiana in 2000, which I sold for $247 million seven years later. It kept me going in 2017 when I founded Capitolis, which has since been valued at $1.6 billion following a Series D funding round last year and is ranked as Fast Company’s second most innovative company in finance. It brought me to join the board of Fireblocks in the early days, which was valued at $8 billion in our last round of funding.

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