Letters to a Young Founder: Immad Akhund of Mercury

The unicorn fintech CEO on shipping with intent, unconventional products, and growing as a leader.

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Friends,

I am skeptical when someone declares that a company has “taste.” What do we mean by this?

Too often, the answer seems to be that the startup in question liberally uses multicolored gr…