It was 11:30PM, and my computer just ‘pinged’. I’d received a Facebook message from an old friend from university who wanted advice on a company he was going to launch. The product, he explained, would allow people to walk into a store, scan the items they want to buy and just walk out. It would incorporate a digital wallet for people to store their funds, and at the center of everything is a physical hardware device. Would I like to join his nascent team, and help bring this vision to life? Er, no. Fintech startups are hard If he’d said…
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