Hristo Borisov, CEO/Co-Founder of Payhawk – Building Bulgaria’s First Unicorn, Over-investing in Talent, & How to Keep Your Team Focused

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Miguel Armaza sits down with Hristo Borisov, CEO and Co-Founder of Payhawk, the first-ever Bulgarian unicorn where they’ve built an all-in-one finance platform serving businesses across 32+ countries in Europe and the US.

Founded just four years ago, Payhawk now enjoys unicorn status and has raised equity from Greenoaks, QED, Lightspeed, Endevor, Hubstpot, and many more.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Scaling to unicorn status – Hristo shares hacks and techniques that helped them scale from zero to one
• The growing Bulgarian startup ecosystem and why it pushed them to build a global company from day one
• Payhawk’s unique model for building and shipping products extremely fast, while keeping everyone at the company laser-focused
• Early mistakes and challenges as a fintech founder and why you should always overinvest in talent… and a lot more!

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