Back in 2008, Kathryn Petralia and her founding team had a vision. To use technology to give small businesses the funding tools they need to grow and scale their companies.
A few months later, Kabbage was born. The platform quickly evolved and grew to not just provide loans to SMEs, but a full suite of cash management solutions for founders and entrepreneurs.
In this episode, we break down:
- The process for validating the business idea behind Kabbage
- The road to product-market fit
- The lessons Kathryn learnt from dealing with investors
- Key insights on building an early-stage startup team
- Balancing the intense work every entrepreneur faces with their personal life
- Advice on every facet of the entrepreneurial journey
Tune in as Kathryn shares the trials and tribulations of building Kabbage – from its humble roots providing small business loans to eBay users to raising over $2.5B in funding and getting acquired by American Express.
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