Podcast with Hiroki Takeuchi, Co-Founder and CEO of GoCardless

On Season 3 Episode 5 of the Think Like A Founder podcast, Maureen Taylor interviews Hiroki Takeuchi.

Hiroki Takeuchi is the Co-Founder and CEO of GoCardless. From small businesses to enterprises, GoCardless makes it easy to collect payments from customers worldwide. By simplifying the transaction process they help reduce operational costs and improve cash flow to help businesses grow. Before founding GoCardless in 2011 with Matt Robinson and Tom Blomfield, Hiroki worked as a business analyst at McKinsey & Company. GoCardless is now valued at nearly 1BN.

Podcast with Hiroki Takeuchi, Co-Founder and CEO of GoCardless

…What do you want to achieve by founding a business? Because it’s a long journey, right? It’s a big commitment. The motivations are really important because if what you’re in it for is the end outcome, then I think it would be very easy to be disappointed and frustrated. You have to be in it for the journey itself, or at least that’s the way I see it. – Hiroki Takeuchi

On this episode of the Think Like a Founder podcast, SNP’s Co-Founder & CEO, Maureen Taylor gets Hiroki’s thoughts on…

  1. Catching the startup bug
  2. Not outsourcing your core value
  3. Excitement of the unknown

Learn more about GoCardless from their website. 

Think Like A Founder is produced by SNP Communications in San Francisco, California. Visit the Think Like A Founder website to learn more about the podcast and curriculum or connect with Maureen Taylor on LinkedIn to continue the conversation there.

Series Producer: Róisín Hunt

Sound Design: Marc Ream 

Content and Scripting: Mike Sullivan and Jaselin Drown

Production Coordinator: Natasha Thomas

Thanks also to Selena Persiani-Shell, Jordan Bailey, Matt Johnson, Eli Shell, John Hughes, and Renn Vara.

Like this article?

Share on Linkedin
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
Share on Pinterest
OH SN*P



Linkedin Instagram Twitter Facebook Vimeo Youtube

Hyatt Glasswing Overview

Hyatt tapped SNP to create a video promoting GMU Live — the onsite portion of General Manager University onboarding program. SNP traveled to Chicago for the shoot to coach the speakers on camera and capture compelling b-roll that highlighted the new general managers’ emotional, and educational journey into Hyatt.

Back in 2013, Asana was still a young company and some of their managers were experiencing leadership roles for the first time. So they needed to learn how to be, well, leaders. Like how to be more influential, directive, confident, and how to deal with conflict. Because if they could flourish then Asana could start to scale even faster (and without so many growing pains).

Enter SNP.

We started with just one 1:1 coaching relationship. But the good word spread fast. Soon enough more people from Asana’s management team were seeking our unique third party perspective, skill-based approach, and communications expertise to build their personal brand, strengthen their careers, and achieve more. (And did we mention the coaching program was a perk that attracted new talent? We didn’t? Well…) Eight years later and Asana is still scaling. And we’re still by their side helping them do it.

By clicking on "Submit", you agree to the SNP Privacy Policy and communication from SNP Communications through the contact information listed.

Trainings

By clicking on “Submit”, you agree to the SNP Privacy Policy and communication from SNP Communications through the contact information listed.