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Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- September 9, 2025
- Duration
- 22m
- Channel
- EO Studio
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Sadi Khan, co-founder and CEO of Aven, retired from Facebook only to return 3 months later to build a $2.2B fintech solving America's $1 trillion credit card debt crisis. In this brutally honest interview, he reveals:
- Why his first advice is "Don't start a company"
- The CFPB graph that ended his retirement: 75 years of unchanged 20-25% credit card rates
- Why he checks SAT scores when hiring ("Intelligence is massively underrated")
- How 70 employees beat FAANG revenue per employee
- His extreme lifestyle: Same shirt daily, "I love boring"
Key quotes: "Unless you're willing to go decades without pay or recognition, don't start" "Your weakest engineer determines your ceiling" "If we die, we can't help anyone" The unconventional story of building a robot arm to sign mortgages, reading Dodd-Frank instead of TechCrunch, and why removing emotions from decisions built a $2.2B company. 00:00 Don't Start a Company (Unless You Have This) 01:40 Meet Sadi Khan & Aven 02:51 How One Graph Created a $2.2B Company 05:40 What 12 Years at Microsoft & Facebook Taught Me 09:00 Most Founders Don't Know Why They'll Fail 11:03 Do Half of What You Think You Should 13:31 Why Feelings Are Your Biggest Scaling Enemy 18:01 Kill Decision Fatigue Before It Kills You 24:08 Credit EO stands for Entrepreneur& Opportunities. As we're looking to feature more inspiring stories of entrepreneurs all over the world, don't hesitate to contact us at partner@eoeoeo.net X | @eostudi0 LinkedIn | @EO STUDIO Instagram | @eostudio.official Newsletter | https://www.eomag.io/subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description
SPEAKERS
Sadi Khan
guestFounder of Aven; entrepreneur known for building a multibillion-dollar fintech company.
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of EO Studio, featuring Sadi Khan, The $2.2B Founder's First Advice | Sadi Khan, Aven explores Aven’s CEO on conviction, rational leadership, and cheaper consumer debt Khan argues most people should not start companies unless they have rare, decade-long conviction to endure prolonged difficulty without recognition or pay.
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