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Podcast: In Check with Fintech
Episode: S07E13: Surviving the Startup Climb with Thomas Vles – Founder of GoDutch
Description: Founding a fintech isn’t just about product-market fit, it’s about resilience, timing, and making brutal calls when the stakes are high.
In this episode of In Check with Fintech, host Rogier Rouppe van der Voort sits down with Thomas Vles, Founder of GoDutch, to unpack the emotional and strategic reality of startup life — from raising funding to walking away from a near-exit.
Key topics covered:
🧗 Startup Setbacks & Survival – Why Thomas compares founding a company to climbing a mountain, and what it takes to keep going when the summit keeps moving
💸 Funding Without VC – H...