Karim Atiyeh's guest appearances

Karim Atiyeh

The Razor’s Edge

How I Sold This

Uncharted Podcast

Elon Musk

Rahul Vohra

Daniel Gross

Patrick Campbell

Nick Franklin

Jason Lemkin

Loretta Jones

Mark Spiegel

Karl Sun

Robert Bugbee

Josh Stein

Naveen Rao

David Siegel

Maria Pergolino

Scott Norton

OwlTail

Ramp

Karim Atiyeh is the co-founder and CTO of Ramp, a finance automation platform that helps businesses spend less time and money. Founded in 2019, Ramp powers the fastest-growing corporate card in America and enables billions of dollars of purchases each year on the heels of nearly 10x year-over-year growth. Valued at $8.1 billion two years after launch, Ramp has raised $670 million in equity from backers including Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Redpoint Ventures, Thrive Capital, D1 Capital Partners, Spark Capital, Coatue Management, Iconiq, Goldman Sachs, and Stripe. A Lebanese entrepreneur, Karim previously built and sold Y Combinator-backed Paribus to Capital One in 2016. This episode is brought to you with the support of Indeed.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uncharted1/support

Karim Atiyeh is the co-founder and CTO of Ramp, a finance automation platform that helps businesses spend less time and money. Founded in 2019, Ramp powers the fastest-growing corporate card in America and enables billions of dollars of purchases each year on the heels of nearly 10x year-over-year growth. Valued at $8.1 billion two years after launch, Ramp has raised $670 million in equity from backers including Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Redpoint Ventures, Thrive Capital, D1 Capital Partners, Spark Capital, Coatue Management, Iconiq, Goldman Sachs, and Stripe. A Lebanese entrepreneur, Karim previously built and sold Y Combinator-backed Paribus to Capital One in 2016. This episode is brought to you with the support of Indeed.--- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uncharted1/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/uncharted1/support</a>

Uncharted Podcast #126 ft Karim Atiyeh: Why Adversity is Important at a Young Age, What Get's Harder The 2nd Time Around As a Founder, and the Secret Sauce Behind Ramp's Consistent Growth

This week on the Razor's Edge, we speak with Karim Atiyeh, a serial fintech entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Ramp, a fast-growing spend management fintech company. He talks about the company's positioning and alignment with customers, what he learned from his time at Capital One after the credit card giant acquired his previous company, and what it was like launching a product a month before the pandemic began, from a New York office no less.Topics Covered3:30 minute mark – Ramp’s target market and the distinction between focusing on transaction fees and spend management 10:15 – Selling into the finance department and the effect on organizations 14:45 – Ramp’s origin story and the opportunity for spend management in the market 20:00 – Price transparency vs. dynamic pricing in SaaS 23:15 – The fintech ecosystem 28:15 – The importance of integrations, with Slack as an example 34:15 – Launching a company in the face of COVID 41:15 – The return to the office 43:15 – Hiring during and after COVID 48:15 – Remote effect on the workplace dynamic for new hires 51:45 – Business spending changes during the pandemic 54:45 – COVID Peak for many businesses 1:05:15 – Peak Screen time/audio 1:15:15 – The meme-iverse and the loudest voices in the financial social media ecosphere, and bitcoin 1:21:15 – Karim’s investing takes, and Shopify

This week on the Razor's Edge, we speak with Karim Atiyeh, a serial fintech entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Ramp, a fast-growing spend management fintech company. He talks about the company's positioning and alignment with customers, what he learned from his time at Capital One after the credit card giant acquired his previous company, and what it was like launching a product a month before the pandemic began, from a New York office no less.Topics Covered <ul><li>3:30 minute mark – Ramp’s target market and the distinction between focusing on transaction fees and spend management</li> <li>10:15 – Selling into the finance department and the effect on organizations</li> <li>14:45 – Ramp’s origin story and the opportunity for spend management in the market</li> <li>20:00 – Price transparency vs. dynamic pricing in SaaS</li> <li>23:15 – The fintech ecosystem</li> <li>28:15 – The importance of integrations, with Slack as an example</li> <li>34:15 – Launching a company in the face of COVID</li> <li>41:15 – The return to the office</li> <li>43:15 – Hiring during and after COVID</li> <li>48:15 – Remote effect on the workplace dynamic for new hires</li> <li>51:45 – Business spending changes during the pandemic</li> <li>54:45 – COVID Peak for many businesses</li> <li>1:05:15 – Peak Screen time/audio</li> <li>1:15:15 – The meme-iverse and the loudest voices in the financial social media ecosphere, and bitcoin</li> <li>1:21:15 – Karim’s investing takes, and Shopify</li></ul>

Ramp Co-Founder Karim Atiyeh On The Corporate Spend Market And Ramp's Position

Karim Atiyeh shares the story behind selling Paribus to Capital One after two years of rapid growth, going through YCombinator, and raising from top Silicon Valley VCs, including General Catalyst and Greylock.  TechCrunch Story: https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/06/capital-one-acquires-online-price-tracker-paribus/ You can follow Karim on Twitter: @karimatiyeh

Karim Atiyeh shares the story behind selling Paribus to Capital One after two years of rapid growth, going through YCombinator, and raising from top Silicon Valley VCs, including General Catalyst and Greylock.  TechCrunch Story: <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/06/capital-one-acquires-online-price-tracker-paribus/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/06/capital-one-acquires-online-price-tracker-paribus/</a> You can follow Karim on Twitter: @karimatiyeh

The Paribus Acquisition with Karim Atiyeh