Wharton Fintech Podcast

Miguel Armaza sits down with the inspiring Mahmoud Abdelkader, serial entrepreneur and CEO/Co-Founder of Very Good Security, a company that’s on a mission to protect the world’s information by providing essential security and compliance infrastructure for other businesses. In this episode, we talk about: - Mahmoud’s journey – moving from Egypt to New York City and how he found his love for entrepreneurship - Launching Balanced Payments, his first startup over a decade ago, getting into Y Combinator and why every first time founder should try to go to YC - Understanding Very Good Security’s mission to secure the world's information, and why they want to make data useful in the same way as money - Challenges of unintended side effects of financial and privacy regulation and what Very Good Security is doing about it - Getting comfortable with rejection and why you should never underestimate the hunger of immigrant entrepreneurs… And a lot more! Mahmoud Abdelkader Mahmoud Abdelkader is the CEO and co-founder o