How to Crowdfund 20k in One Hour- #169: Olivier Momma

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What had started as a fun business idea between college friends had spiraled out of control. Saddled with international shipping costs, low student funds, and no way to market their product, Olivier and Rick hit a logistical wall before they fully began. Luckily, that wasn’t the only idea these two twenty year olds had in their pocket. Now, Olivier Momma is the young cofounder of Ekster, the groundbreaking company behind the most successful smart wallet in the world. Generating 25 million dollars in 2021 and nearly 40 million this year, Olivier’s place on Forbes’s 30 Under 30 seems like a no brainer. But before he was sewing together prototypes in Hong Kong or launching a kickstarter campaign, Olivier cultivated his adventurous spirit in his unusual childhood. With his father’s job sending the family around the globe every couple of years, Olivier’s cosmopolitan outlook grew as he adapted to each new country he called home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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