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The fall and rise of global borders
Globalisation has given increasing numbers of people the opportunity to live and work unconstrained by national borders. But is that openness threatened by an increase in the rhetoric abo...
Taavet Hinrikus is co-founder of TransferWise, the international money transfer platform, a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. Prior to starting TransferWise, Taavet was Skype's director of strategy until 2008, starting as the firm's first-ever employee. He also helps the startup community as an advisor and angel investor. His investments include Tweetdeck, Mendeley, OMGPOP, Betaworks, Farmeron and Teleportd among others.
Globalisation has given increasing numbers of people the opportunity to live and work unconstrained by national borders. But is that openness threatened by an increase in the rhetoric abo...
People have ideas every minute of every hour of every day. But how do you take an idea from the back of a napkin to the first beta product? And then to something that’s used the world over?
In five to ten years, the finance industry will look fundamentally different, writes the co-founder of Transferwise.