Estonian - | 1981 -
Celebrity-spotting is pretty standard at Davos. It's one of the things that makes it easy to criticise.
Taavet Hinrikus
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There's most definitely a Davos bubble. You're in a small Alpine town that, for just four days in January, sees its population tripled with world leaders, CEOs, media, police, the army... and a whole bunch of people who aren't invited but just come to hang out.
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There's always been a lot of interest in the tech community about how to foster innovation and creativity - both within a company but also in the ecosystem of a tech cluster. In both cases, creating opportunities for people who don't encounter each other normally to meet and talk is key.
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There's the risk of a serious case of FOMO at a place like Davos.
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Traditional consumer finance has been unfair for decades. Banks have had a monopoly on financial services and have been able to overcharge and underserve consumers.
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When we talk about technology changing the world, we often hear about how it makes our lives easier, more connected, safer, or even healthier. They're all things we can easily identify with. The Internet makes our lives easier; services like Skype and WhatsApp allows us to be more connected - the examples are endless.
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We built TransferWise focused on customer innovation. That means we build our product based first and foremost on our customers.
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Bitcoin, I think we can say, is dead.
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You start a business being hungry, foolish, and a little bit naive. But more often than not, you end up being disrupted yourself. It happened to Skype.
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Large incumbents become big and sometimes become lazy and set themselves up for failure in the future.
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Talent is the lifeblood of a fast-growing company.
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As consumers in general, and with Millennials in particular, we're getting used to everything being cheaper, faster, better - and banks aren't keeping up.
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