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Episode · Mar 19, 2025 · 34 min

From Zero to 100K Users in 8 Months: Vivid Money's Blueprint for Fintech Disruption with Alex Emeshev

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About this episode

In this episode, Alex Emeshev, co-founder of Vivid Money, reveals the growth strategies, product insights, and key lessons behind their success.

What you’ll learn:

  • How Vivid’s cashback model fueled viral growth
  • The marketing experiments that actually worked
  • When to scale (and when to hold back)
  • Why owning your tech stack is a game-changer
  • The biggest fintech founder mistakes to avoid

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