The best part about working at Vise was when they laid me off. If your entire exec team turns over twice in 24 months and you blame the advice of investors (which you followed), then blame former employees, maybe the problem is you Samir. But maybe you like being valued at 300X revenue, sounds like you have definite product market fit.
Exactly. Baffling how there is no responsibility taken. Only when prompted "but you are to blame right?", which he responds "100%" when you know he doesn't mean it at all. LOL.
You sound like those employees at tech companies who make "the day in the life of an engineer" tiktoks and video all the fun things that you get it to do at the office but real work for an hour or two
He repeatedly blames investors, his VCs, executive management, employees, peers - but takes no real accountability himself. His dishonesty in this interview is alarming: he's not a child star who was exploited, he actively sought out hundreds of millions of dollars in funding and now is dumping blame on others as he fails to deliver on his promises. Not a great look.
what idiots would invest in a 15 year old CEO. Let alone with tens to hundreds of millions. let alone for an unproven fintech app with no guarantee of returns lol
Samir looks completely out of his depth in this interview. Skittish, defensive, and worst of all: narcissistic. Mind blowing he was able to con VCs into raising hundreds of millions of dollars, take secondaries, and then go on a press run a few years later shifting the blame on everyone but himself.
It’s what parents do, they care about their kids and their outcomes that’s not a flaw and please don’t say that it is. It’s your job to bring them to understand your dream. This host is kind of annoying sometimes.
