London’s Lonely Unicorn: Two Frugal Expats and Their Billion-Dollar Startup

Re:London’s Lonely Unicorn: Two Frugal Expats and Their Bill... by orthoganol on Thursday February 09, 2017 @04:10PM (#13611010)

Ah that definitely explains the vibe I got from their "naked march" where they got what looks like a sea of frat boys and sorority girls (I assumed largely their employees/ friends, in reality) to strip down to their underwear and scream and shout and walk around for a "viral" stunt. I know I'm just piling on here, but the vibe certainly had some doucheyness and it made me think their founders were the party bro types trying to get rich.

[http://www.techworld.com/news/startups/transferwise-leads-na...

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Re:London’s Lonely Unicorn: Two Frugal Expats and Their Bill... by throwawaytwise on Thursday February 09, 2017 @04:33PM (#13611206)

> I assumed largely their employees

Nah, they just paid a bunch of random guys to pretend to be hysterically excited about low-fees bank transfers. [0]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZufqOLl6ajE

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Re:London’s Lonely Unicorn: Two Frugal Expats and Their Bill... by da02 on Thursday February 09, 2017 @06:47PM (#13612112)

I remember Nerve.com doing the same thing back in the mid-90s. (Correction: 2000 Maybe you see some more similarities: https://vimeo.com/2413616 )

Were you impressed by anything at TranferWise? Their security and stability? Maybe their confidence comes from top-notch engineering skills?

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