Now's Lara Hodgson: "Don't follow your passion"

The Times Tech Podcast

• Episode: Now's Lara Hodgson: "Don't follow your passion"
• Website: The Times Tech Podcast
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• Duration: 00:44:50
• Published: 2023-02-03 04:44

The Sunday Times’ correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Lara Hodgson, founder of NOW, to talk about her previous companies (3:15), how a payment problem led to the launch of Now (8:55), meeting US political star Stacey Abrams (12:15), the Now account (15:15), the origins of the “net 30 “ payment model (22:00), the state of the economy (23:30), her meandering career (28:15), taking advantage of being a women in a male-dominated industry (33:15), focusing on impact rather than your passions (38:00), and why she looks out the window (40:40).

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