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Day 37

Consistency is key - apologies for the slight pause!

I have been given a ton more DD to do.

Have to write a GDPR compliant policy.
Register with the ICO.

Didn't teach me this at startup school

We got out first inbound today - it is crazy!

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Day 33

Today just clicked!

Have made an incredible hire to deal with restaurant sales who starts tomorrow.

Doing a Dragon's Den style pitching competition on Friday- any tips, common problems ?

Need another big sale soon.

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Day 32

- Had a great brainstorming call with @RebelVentures, v cool insights!

- @LSEGenerate thanks for the incredible co-working space, have been loving it so far 😀

Recruiting question:
How do you deal with applicants who are overqualified for the role?

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Day 31

Some big news on the team side.

Speaking with ex Meta beast to help bolster the tech and integrate with POS.

Will keep you updated!

Didn't g̵e̵t̵ ̵t̵i̵m̵e̵ ̵t̵o̵ do much today.

Expecting a huge day tomorrow.

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Day 30

We are hiring for two growth interns to scale the sales team!

We have reached out to 300 restaurants and have:
2 Yes
13 Nos

We need 2000 restaurants to get an accurate sample size.

GTV is crazy aha - two restaurants gets us to £750,000 annual GTV

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Day 29

- Did a sales experiment with an incumbent (WorldPay) to see how often they follow up.

Left an inquiry for a large order.

Received a follow up call everyday for two weeks.

Wanted to check how persistent our sales strategy should be.

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Day 28

- Talent is becoming harder and harder to find
Put out a post for a Growth Intern
60 Applications
Only 5 worth interviewing

Attracting good talent is deffo a skill I want to learn

- Balls deep in an AI project I signed up to do as part of my degree

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Day 27

- Finally out of isolation, KitePay is not self functioning yet (if I'm down, it's down)

- Hiring on linkedin for sales team!

More to come...

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Day 26

- Have a few more demos this week!

Let's goooo

Struggling to not sound like a scam - "we can decrease your fees by 60% using open banking"

How?
What's the catch?

The power of disruptive tech

Adios Visa/Mastercard

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Day 25

- Was on a call with a VC telling them more about KitePay, turns out Sunday (incumbent) is their portfolio company...

- Imagine if you get confirmation to be acquired before building ie
Tell UK GM your plans and get a soft confirmation.

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Day 24

Covid hurts.

Optimising for health trumps all goals.

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Day 23

- Is overconfidence a desirable trait for a founder?
VCs do always look for ambitious founders...

- I want to expand my network and reach out to incredible operators; specifically looking for advice on recruiting.

@sujaytyle let's talk!!

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Day 22

- Hiring mistakes 101
Our sales chad got poached by his previous startup offering a higher comp package....

Sales intern is struggling to manage uni + startup

Taking huge Ls recently.

Interviewing more people tomorrow.

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Day 21

- 0 KitePay work was done today

- I have been prepping for a BCG interview...

I think it provides incredible credentials for future funding + hiring

Discuss

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Day 20

- No s currently stand at 12
Being the cheapest payment processor seems to be a more compelling offer.

Gives me hope to take on sunday.

Should have GTV data next week.

I will start publishing week goals to give idea of wider picture.

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Day 19

- You have to do physically hard things to make you realise that trying to find PMF is not that bad
Did 10x10 squat workout @ 70kg 🤪

- My roommate is happy to receive a free KitePay hoodie in return for wearing it on campus all the time

gRoWth hAck

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Day 18

- New feature added (you can now split based on items)

- Have a meeting with a sick Monzo product beast set up @tewfik10

- Onboarding 2 more sales people this week 👀

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Day 17

Let's be honest

I relaxed today 😌

Had a dinner with cool VC investors - thanks for coming @DhondtThibault @speedinvest (sent their finest Petr Perina) @OutwardVC (Devin Kohli)

It was a fintech nerds alliance...

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Day 15

- @BrianTheVC thanks for intro to a fellow tech nerd, was great to run through ideas!

- Love the hiring philosophy a friend taught me:

Hire for the gradient not the y intercept

We have a sick aussie sales chad leading growth 😜

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