One More Scoop with Tim Grassin

Timothée Grassin is the Co-founder and CCO of TendoPay, a Philippine startup that offers employee benefits. They were recently acquired by Tonik, a Series B fintech in the Philippines. Before TendoPay, Tim founded two agencies focused on design and advertising. Topics: [00:00:00] - Raising Money in the Philippines [00:01:10] - Tim's Background [00:06:07] - Growing Up in Kenya [00:10:01] - Going to Canada [00:15:07] - Starting TendoPay [00:14:35] - Finding His Passion for Finance and Entrepreneurship [00:21:04] - Creating Stinson Design [00:25:04] - Selling Stinson Design [00:26:19] - Building an Agency [00:28:14] - The Rise of SaaS [00:29:02] - Candy Banners' Inception [00:32:34] - Managing Multiple Businesses [00:33:01] - Discovering the Philippines [00:38:09] - The Birth of TendoPay [00:41:48] - Adjusting to Life in the Philippines [00:44:45] - Building Tendo Pay in the Philippines [00:47:13] - Challenges of Running a Startup in the Philippines [00:49:12] - Raising Money for Tendo Pay [00:51:32] - Managing a Team in the Philippines [00:55:05] - Life after Acquisition [00:57:08] - Emotional Attachments to Selling a Company [00:59:18] - Financial Planning after a Successful Exit [01:01:31] - Angel Investing [01:02:26] - Personal Goals outside of Work Like the show? Subscribe to the BackScoop newsletter to stay updated with the latest news in Southeast Asian startups in minutes: https://www.backscoop.com/. Visit BackScoop’s social media pages and show your support! BackScoop (Linkedin): https://www.linkedin.com/company/backscoop/ BackScoop (Twitter): https://twitter.com/BackScoopHQ BackScoop (Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/BackScoop BackScoop (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/backscoop Visit Amanda Cua’s social media pages: Amanda (Linkedin): https://ph.linkedin.com/in/amanda-cua Amanda (Twitter): https://twitter.com/HeyAmandaCua Visit Tim Grassin’s social media pages: Tim Grassin (LinkedIn): linkedin.com/in/timgrassin TendoPay (Website): tendopay.ph TendoPay (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/company/tendopay/