“If I thought that it was going to be this difficult, I probably wouldn’t have done it. Entrepreneurial optimism keeps you a little bit blinded”
Jacob Claflin spent his career traveling in the payments industry, both between companies and countries. In 2016, he decided he was finished working for somebody else, and founded Cambrist, an Irish fintech specialising in streamlining cross border payments. Now, the American-born chief executive has his eyes set on international expansion.
In this podcast with Devin Sean Martin, Claflin talks about his own entrepreneurial journey, and how a trip around Europe changed his life. From winning customers to securing finance, he talks about his battle to get his start-up off the ground and explains the impact of Covid on his business.