Top 75 Quotes & Sayings by Taavet Hinrikus - Page 2

I get a kick out of helping the next generation of founders.

There's one thing a CEO should always keep at the front of their mind, and that's customer needs.

The U.S.A. is a huge market which has a large immigrant population from Europe, India, from all around the world; lots of them have, still, strong ties to home, so move lots of money.

Maybe I think too highly of myself, but I think maybe sometimes I can give some good advice - sometimes bad advice, I'm sure - and I think that's a way of giving back.

I think that if Britain does decide to leave the E.U., that would be a disaster for the technology sector here and probably also for the broader economy.

If we think about how long Google spent searching - I think they came around in '98? And, OK, Gmail came in 2004, but it was literally built by one engineer as a 20%-time project. It was probably 10 years before Google started diversifying.

Competition and variety in financial services are always good things.

Hiring new people, opening up in new markets, all of that takes money.

I think that's the beauty of being a private company: you get to choose when you disclose something. You can play it in a strategic way or in a tactical way.

If the U.K. leaves the E.U., we'll have to consider whether it makes business sense to stay headquartered here.

Costs should always be presented up front so that consumers can make informed choices and get a fairer deal.

The banks never sent me one chequebook. I'm very happy not to have ever touched one.

There are so many instances in banking where 'free' simply doesn't mean free, whether it's opaque overdraft charges or credit card providers that are quietly raising interest rates without customers noticing.

There are lots of people building the next TransferWise, not in a sense of competing with us but in a sense of building large, successful companies that are doing something important. I just enjoy helping these founders navigate the journey.

Most banks tell their customers that they only pay a small upfront fee for international payments. But in reality, customers pay much more.