Off the Record with Aram · 2022-06-20 · 39 min
Follow Aram Melkoumov on Linkedin for highlight clips and DMs. Ron runs a tight ship at Uplinq and he shares how and why he does so. This interview also explores why growing a startup for the sake of an exit is a bad strategy, why you should want to hold cash in this economy, how to hire people that make a genuine impact in your growth, and the difference between thoughtful scaling and so-called ‘aggressive’ scaling. About Ron Benegbi Ron is the founder and CEO of Uplinq. He is a 4 time tech founder with 2 exits and one flop. Being an immigrant who moved to Canada as a child with his family in the early 70s, he knows what it’s like to start from nothing. As he puts it, he’s not cut from the cloth of overspending. He’s cut from the cloth of disciplined business operations and fiscal responsibility, and that’s how he’s currently running Uplinq. SHOW NOTES: 00:00 | Who is Ron Benegbi? 00:26 | His father getting a loan to start a business 04:19 | Giving new business a shot at financing (Uplinq) 06:50 | Serving the underbanked (opportunity size) 09:38 | Thoughtful scaling vs.
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