Gilad Uziely - Serial Entrepreneur & Startup Advisor | The Brutal Truth About Why 90% of Startups Fail

Success Story with Scott D. Clary

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Gilad Uziely is the Co-founder and CEO of Sequence, a fintech startup backed by $7.5M in venture funding and building the world’s first financial “router” to tackle the $25 trillion global consumer banking market. A serial entrepreneur, he previously co-founded the neo-bank Lance, launched the guided-tour marketplace Mekomy, and led major innovation initiatives for Tel Aviv Global. Born in Jerusalem and raised in Tel Aviv, Gilad served in the IDF, earned a degree in International Business from the University of Technology Sydney, and now lives in Tel Aviv with his wife and two daughters.

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➡️ Talking Points

00:00 – Intro

01:33 – The Highs and Lows of Entrepreneurship

03:09 – Why Gilad Chose Entrepreneurship

04:34 – Lessons from a Failed First Company

06:42 – How Even Pros Get Core Assumptions Wrong

08:29 – Detaching Emotion to Make Better Decisions

16:04 – The Big Mindset Shift Behind Sequence’s Success

17:41 – Handling Investors in Tough Times

25:14 – Sponsor Break

27:25 – Founders’ Guide to Surviving Desperate Times

30:58 – Smart Strategies for Raising Capital

39:27 – What Makes Sequence Different from Competitors

44:38 – Sponsor Break

46:33 – How Sequence Changes Users’ Lives

50:06 – Financial Safeguards You Can Trust

53:44 – Will AI Make Bookkeepers Obsolete?

57:40 – The Future of Banking

1:00:18 – How to Extract Value from Failure

1:01:17 – Keeping Morale High in a Brutally Honest World

1:03:49 – The Best Advice Gilad Ever Received

1:04:09 – The #1 Lesson for His Children