Jackson Dahl@jacksondahl1d ago

"I think just being annoyed about the world is quite a useful attribute as a CEO... why does it have to be like this?" @immad has built @mercury with extreme helpfulness and irrational effort at the core its product philosophy. Watch: Dialectic 57: The Art of Irrational Effort Immad Akhund is a 4x founder who decided banking didn't need to suck, especially given how central it is to every entrepreneur's journey. Nearly a decade in, he hopes to fight decay and build a company that gets better over time, not worse. 1-in-3 startups use Mercury, and he's betting that the next 10 years of entrepreneurship will be greater than the last. Timestamps: (0:00) Opening Highlights (1:50) Intro: Immad Akhund (4:16) Start: Banks and Why Immad Was Suited to Build One (20:30) What Traditional Banks Do Well & What Mercury Got Right (29:33) Why Mercury Wants a Bank Charter (35:57) What's Scarce When Software Is Easy (49:00) Becoming the Default for New Entrepreneurs (53:34) Product: 100 Little Things Better (1:06:51) The Right to Win (1:09:19) Brand as Care (1:15:19) Culture and Being Extremely Helpful (1:22:51) Command, Agents, and AI (1:34:26) Ambition, Investing, and Leading (1:46:54) Family, Pakistan, and America (1:52:56) Money, Freedom, and Energy Available below and all platforms.