Finance

Som Seif on Wealth, Small Business Capital and Bold Bets

with Som Seif, Founder and CEO, Purpose Unlimited

Som Seif, CEO of Purpose Unlimited and co-founder of Wealthsimple, joins the StartWell Podcast to talk about why Canadians fear criticism more than failure, how small businesses struggle to get capital, and why AI is the most exciting moment of his career.

“It's a fear of criticism.” — Som Seif

The Business Model Behind Affirm - An Honest Credit Card Alternative

Wayne Pommen is the Chief Revenue Officer at Affirm, North America's leading buy now pay later company. Before that, he was the CEO and builder of PayBright — Canada's first BNPL company — which he grew from 6 employees to 200 before it was acquired by Affirm in 2021. Today Affirm serves 27 million active consumers and processes close to $50 billion a year in purchases across the US, Canada, and the UK.

There's Another Way to Go Public — Most Founders Don't Know It Exists

*Recorded at StartWell in downtown Toronto: https://startwell.co