Ep 148 - The Hustle Behind NextPay

Fresh from their stint in Y Combinator and after successfully raising $1.6M, Don Pansacola and Aldrich Tan of NextPay joins us in this episode. Don and Aldrich will be sharing their humble beginnings being born in the Philippines and how they spent their teenage and early adult lives in Canada that shaped their careers in tech and design. They will also share what led them to come back and build a startup in the Philippines along with the pivot they did to during the pandemic. Don and Aldrich will also share how they got to Y Combinator and what the experience and learnings have been that lots of startups can learn from in this episode.

Links in the episode:

  1. Skill stacking - utilizing various skills that you have acquired throughout.

  2. Bloom Brothers (Instagram profile)

  3. Robo-Advisor - digital platforms that provide automated, planning services with little to no human supervision.

  4. Zappos - an American-based online shoe store

  5. partners@nextpay.ph (NextPay email)

  6. NextPay (website)

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