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This video features Andrew Jamison, founder of Extend, discussing his journey from American Express to successfully raising a $250K seed round to solve B2B spend and subscription challenges.

Transcript

What actually transpired in that timeout is I actually had time to think a little bit back to you know AMX saying you should go into consumer it's like okay but stop all of that what do I actually like doing that was the first fundamental thing that takes time because you've been influenced by a million different people saying this is you're good at this you should do this and whatever and I like okay but put that all aside I have no projects to work on what is it I funly like and what I realized was I liked building things. I like figuring out problems and and simplifying right what those problems and challenges can look like. And so ultimately I sort of realized fundamentally at the core I love product right and I love consulting with clients who have challenges that need to to be overcome. And so that was the the first

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