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Cool Tech Wireless
November 11, 2019 at 2:02 pm
First to comment
Gaurav Parmar
November 11, 2019 at 3:11 pm
True, a lot of startups are opening a fintech branch
abu abdullah ashar
November 11, 2019 at 3:41 pm
guys do a podcast on consumer services, why isnt there a amazon of services? $10 trillion market just in USA and no major player !
Brandon Reed
November 11, 2019 at 7:02 pm
Amazon is doing services. Task Rabbit is an Amazon of services. Also freelancer sites could be characterized as an Amazon for services.
Sebastian Molina
November 11, 2019 at 11:30 pm
Thumbtack, Task Rabbit , Craigslist , Upwork , Fiverr, Amazon Services
Mario Johnson
November 11, 2019 at 6:11 pm
Go Pack Go!!
Solidify
November 12, 2019 at 10:22 am
Well no. Technically speaking, the big companies want to have banks but cant due to regulation
Chris Valiente
November 12, 2019 at 11:41 am
It hit me at 5:34 after the guest stated payments and interesting. Then the title made more sense, well every start up wants to be a bank because banks own the world. #ChaChing