261: Why PhonePe bet on UPI when everyone chose wallets Sameer Nigam Unstarted

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Sep 3, 202647:25Business

Sameer Nigam, founder and CEO of PhonePe, joins Unstarted for a candid conversation on building a company that now serves over 700 million users. From a middle-class naval family to a failed music startup (Mind360), an a...

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