Ask A Founder | Bolis Ibrahim & Rim Charkani - GRIT ED. 7 Your Next Move - Magazine - Page 36
Ask A Founder | Bolis Ibrahim & Rim Charkani
The pawn, in promotion. Once I reach the end of the
board I can become a bishop, knight, rook, or queen.
And I have 8 chances to do so.
What has been your biggest ‘checkmate’
moment?
Our biggest checkmate moment was closing our first
large enterprise customer. This customer helped
us paint a roadmap for our business and product
What are you most looking forward to in the
future?
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Leading a global fintech company, recognized
as the reference in financial literacy.
Which entrepreneurs did you look up
to the most for inspiration to develop
in your personal career?
Canva’s Melanie Perkins. I admire her
perseverance but also her generosity.
The Queen: the only female piece, yet the
most powerful and the one that can move
the most freely across the board.
Bolis Ibrahim
Co-Founder & CEO, Argentum
Next AI, 2020
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My passport: since the pandemic,
I decided to enjoy the journey and
adopt a digital nomad lifestyle.
I believe that finding balance
between work performance and
self-care is essential because
startup life is a marathon and not
a sprint.
If you were a chess piece, which one
would you be and why?
I look forward to the mass efficient electrification
of our planet, moving away from fossil fuel use,
and relying on cleanly generated electricity. I look
forward to the mass adoption of Direct Current
(DC) power transmission to be an enabler of the
electrified world.
ASK
What’s the most useful thing
you own?
Rim Charkani
Co-Founder & CEO, WALO
Next AI - Montreal, 2021
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Taking Argentum public, reducing global GHG
emissions by 100 MT of CO2 equivalents annually,
and converting the world back to using Direct
Current (DC) power
If you were a chess piece, which one would
you be and why?
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