Alan Chang, Co-Founder and CEO of Fuse Energy. Alan has scaled Fuse Energy from $2M in revenue in the first year, to $20M the second year to now $400M in the third year. Like Netflix beat incumbents to own media, Revolut beat incumbents to own banking, Fuse will beat incumbents to own energy. Prior to founding Fuse, Alan was one of the first three hires at Revolut where he played a crucial role alongside Nik (Founder) in scaling the company to over $75BN valuation.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:20 The interview process that led to the $150M pay packet
04:58 How Revolut drove speed and urgency in their teams
08:35 You cannot have work-life balance
10:56 What I disagreed with Nik on most
13:50 Is Nik right that Revolut should have got a banking licence earlier?
18:18 Energy Crisis
25:20 Why China is the shining light for regulation to follow
30:28 Interview Process: Green & Red Flags
39:31 Lesson from Nik about ownership and excuses
40:58 The signs of truly top performing people in a team
48:15 You need to work weekends to win
54:00 Every single year we 10x revenue – now at ~$400M
55:45 Why Eastern European engineers are the best
57:33 What People Get Wrong About Having Money
59:12 Quick-Fire Round
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