On this week’s episode, I'm joined by co-founder and CEO of Blair, a company financing college students through Income Share Agreements. Growing up in Western Germany, this young entrepreneur had his sights set on success from very early on. Following in the footsteps of companies such as Airbnb and Dropbox, after taking the plunge with his two co-founders and moving State side, this week’s guest secured backing from Y Combinator, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators - it’s been non stop for them, ever since. Beginning with an internship in San Francisco’s world famous tech valley, his career has been one crazy ride as he found himself mingling in the offices of mega corporations such as Uber and Stripe, before chasing his dream of creating his very own company. Talking me through his journey to Silicon Valley, here’s what it’s like to be Mike Mahlkow.
For more information on Blair, visit https://joinblair.com and take a listen to Mike’s own podcast Startups, Sparks and Serendipity where he and his friend Max chat all things entrepreneurship and starting up your own company.
