RUNWAY SERIES : Everyday Finance, Rewired.

Runway Series, by Olive Capital (https://olivecapital.vc), explores since 2019 the same curiosity that has always shaped this show, the stuff changing underneath finance, product, and the way people build and finance tech innovation. The next generation of great consumer finance companies, the ones that could become the Revoluts of the next decade, are being built right now, during this shaky technological shift. We explore: invisible rails, the agentic economy, trustless privacy, and everyday money.

RUNWAY SERIES : Everyday Finance, Rewired. is a technology podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 142 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts RUNWAY SERIES : Everyday Finance, Rewired., a technology show with 142 episodes published.

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  Episode #18

  [Disclosure #3] What a user-operated identity vault looks like in 2027

  Sep 28, 20267 minS9

  Today for "Disclosure #3" : -- A lot of people hear the phrase “digital identity” and imagine a more convenient login. One app instead of many passwords. A faster KYC process. A government-issued ID on a phone. That is part of it. But it misses the more interesting question. What would a user-operated identity vault actually look like in 2027? Not a database that collects more about you. Not another profile that a platform owns. A vault you operate: a place where verified facts about you live under your control, and where you decide what gets shared, with whom, for what purpose, and for how long. The practical starting point is familiar. You already carry fragments of your identity across dozens of systems: your passport, driving licence, payroll records, bank relationship, university degree, proof of address, insurance policy, professional credentials, and transaction history. Today, every time a service needs one of those facts, the default process is often to create a new copy. [ Learn more in the episode ] -- The podcasts are authored, edited and produced by Raph Grieco ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠raphael-grieco.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠olivecapital.vc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ).

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  Episode #17

  [Disclosure #2] How to share your salary.. without sharing your salary (selective disclosure)

  Sep 22, 20263 minS9

  Today for "Disclosure #2" : -- There is a strange ritual embedded in modern finance. You apply for a loan, rent an apartment, request a credit card, or try to access a financial product. And almost immediately, someone asks for proof of income. What they often receive is far more than they need: a payslip, a tax return, a bank statement, sometimes several months of transaction history. In order to answer one narrow question “can this person afford this?”, we routinely disclose an entire financial biography. Your employer. Your exact salary. Your account balances. Potentially your spending habits. Sometimes information about other people in your household. All of that, just to establish a simple fact. This episode is about a different model: how to share your salary without sharing your salary. The underlying idea is called selective disclosure. Rather than handing over the complete document, you provide only the specific proof required for the decision at hand. [ Learn more in the episode ] -- The podcasts are authored, edited and produced by Raph Grieco ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠raphael-grieco.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠olivecapital.vc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ).

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  Episode #16

  [Everyday Money #7] When crypto stops being the story.

  Sep 14, 20263 minS9

  Today for "Everyday Money #7" : -- A few weeks ago, Konstantine Buhler, Partner at Sequoia, published a research graph titled “What the internet hyped, versus what got built”, to measure hype over the past two decades: https://x.com/Konstantine/status/2085053452640817334 . Take a look at the chart if you can, but let me walk you through what it shows, because it captures something we talk about a lot on this show: the difference between hype and infrastructure. The chart tracks what topics dominated the internet's attention each year since 2007, ranked by hype, alongside the most valuable company founded that same year. And if you trace the yellow line, the one labeled Crypto and Web3, you see a very specific arc. It barely registers in the early years. It climbs sharply around 2017, spikes again around 2021, and then falls off a cliff after 2022, dropping out of the top rankings entirely by the more recent years on the chart. At first glance, that looks like a story of decline. [ Learn more in the episode ] -- The podcasts are authored, edited and produced by Raph Grieco ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠raphael-grieco.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠olivecapital.vc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ).

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  Episode #15

  [Everyday Money #6] "Deliver WOW": the economics of organic growth.

  Sep 7, 20262 minS9

  Today for "Everyday Money #6" : -- A few episodes ago, we talked about the idea of a $0 CAC consumer finance product, and whether that was actually achievable. Today I want to come back to that question with a concrete example, because there is a company that has built its entire growth engine around exactly this principle: Revolut. Their internal slogan was famously displayed in neon signs across their offices: Deliver “wow”. On the surface, that sounds like a marketing line. But underneath it is a genuine economic strategy, and it explains a lot about how organic growth actually compounds. The idea is simple to state but hard to execute. [ Learn more in the episode ] -- The podcasts are authored, edited and produced by Raph Grieco ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠raphael-grieco.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠olivecapital.vc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ).

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  Episode #14

  [Everyday Money #5] Product or platform? The moat question.

  Aug 31, 20262 minS9

  Today for "Everyday Money #5" : -- There is a pattern that shows up again and again when you study companies that manage to keep growing long after their first product matures. They do not just add features. They build entirely new verticals, one after another, each one landing faster than the one before. Revolut is one of the clearest examples of this playbook in action. The company entered the UK in 2015 with three simple propositions: prepaid FX cards, peer-to-peer payments, and multi-currency accounts. That was the wedge. It gave people a reason to open the app regularly, without the usual banking friction. The interesting part is what happened next. [ Learn more in the episode ] -- The podcasts are authored, edited and produced by Raph Grieco ( ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠raphael-grieco.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠olivecapital.vc⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ).

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