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Podcast: The CTO Show with Mehmet Gonullu
Episode: #451 Two Startup Games, One Entrepreneur: Allan Abbas on Playing to Win in Fintech
Description: “You either earn or you learn — both are wins.” – Allan AbbasIn this episode of The CTO Show with Mehmet, Allan Abbas joins us to explore the world of fintech innovation, startup growth, and what it takes to build a game-changing product in the Middle East. Allan, a former Amazon leader turned founder, shares his personal journey from bootstrapping his first startup to co-founding Emflex — a company focused on fixing car financing in Saudi Arabia.We dive deep into what it means to “play the two startup games”: lifestyle businesses vs. venture-scale startups, the power of embedded fi...