Guillaume Pousaz on entrepreneurship

About Guillaume Pousaz

Guillaume Pousaz, founder and CEO of Checkout.com, has discussed the company's growth and strategy at several industry events. At the 2022 Global Investment Forum, he described Checkout.com as an enabler for merchants in the digital economy, stating that the company is "happy to be a bit in the background" and that its mission is to "enable merchants and their communities to thrive in the digital economy." He also noted that Checkout.com processes payments for major companies and holds 600 million cards in its database. At Web Summit 2022, Pousaz said Checkout.com has been "very frugal from the early days" and "very product and engineering focused," and he described the company's approach as "frugal, disciplined Swiss." He also stated that he believes "the best product wins quite often" in B2B, as opposed to the blitzscaling model common in consumer spaces. Pousaz has also spoken about the company's long-term outlook and the broader fintech landscape. In a Mission Driven interview, he said Checkout.com is "at the beginning of a multi-decade journey" and that its future involves "more products, more geographies, more work." He has emphasized the importance of the company's values—"Aspire, Excel and Unite"—and advised entrepreneurs to "follow your instinct" and choose a problem that is "meaningful to you." Regarding the fundraising environment, Pousaz noted at Web Summit 2022 that "the cost of money was zero" in recent years, which was historically rare, and that now "we have a cost of money that is high and is going to keep going higher." He has also said that Checkout.com operates as a public company internally and focuses on predictability, and that he does not care about short-term valuations but rather about "building products customers love."

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