Eli Wachs, CEO at Footprint
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Back to our regularly scheduled programming…
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We’re tickled to have the always entertaining, engaging, and provocative Eli Wachs, Co-founder of Footprint on the show.
Footprint provides frictionless identity verification and PII vaulting, but the grand vision is much larger. A single source of identity, a hub to manage identity permissioning, and more. We talk about Eli’s love for writing, trying to read history that doesn’t make us cry, how he met his co-founder, building Footprint, and fighting fraud.
We also go into the fun stuff like Eli’s experiences doing stand-up, opening for Sam Morrill, the radical honesty of comedy, and how it makes us better people. Jump in!
Helpful Links:
Eli@onefootprint.com
Abundance by Peter H. Diamandis
Sam Morrill’s latest comedy special: Positive Influence
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Topics:
(1:59) - Eli’s background (we love Philly!)
(14:33) - Life at Stanford and the Big Tech shift
(19:37) - Building Footprint: Meeting the Co-founder
(24:30) - Eli’s investor updates
(30:20) - Navan Ad read
(31:50) - The Footprint business model, fighting fraud, privacy, and dealing with becoming a behemoth of data
(42:05) - How is the competitive landscape of your industry developing?
(49:07) - Where is the true growth potential for Footprint?
(52:04) - Eli’s illustrious Stand-up comedy career and its impact on his business career
(1:04:46) - What can we do to help Footprint?
ZAP,
Zach Anderson Pettet
Your Unqualified Host & Content Director at Money20/20