What it takes to build a unicorn before you’re 30 | Veriff Voices

At only 28, Veriff CEO Kaarel Kotkas leads a global company of over 500 people and has been named as one of Forbes’ 30 under 30 in Europe. Kaarel talks about his driving ambition to change verification from an experience ‘like the police stopping your car’ to ‘a warm hand guiding you through’. He also explains why building a business is like surfing a sine wave, and why his iPhone thinks he’s in a romantic relationship with co-founder Janer Gorohhov.

0:21 Introduction
1:20 Key opportunities and challenges for Veriff in the year to come
2:45 How Veriff has been supporting customers during the volatile economic period
4:06 Why partnership is the key to great innovation
08:52 Veriff’s core values
10:47 Kaarel’s approach to leading Veriff’s people
12:44 The meaning behind ‘Trust from the first hello’
15:15 Veriff as a global game-changer
17:32 Advice for those thinking about founding a company and wanting to make a positive impact
19:48 The hardest part about founding your own company
21:41 What it’s like to co-found a company
24:12 What Kaarel would be doing if he hadn’t founded Veriff
25:30 Kaarel recently became a father - has his perspective on work and life changed?
27:35 “I’ll know Veriff’s mission has made a difference when…”
28:02 Final words of wisdom

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