How Jason Gardner of Marqueta is Upending the Credit score Card Trade

Welcome to Inc.‘s Founders Venture podcast with Alexa Von Tobel, the place we carry you tales of guts, inspiration, and drive that outline the entrepreneurs constructing the longer term. Every week, we dig right into a founder’s skilled playbook and uncover what makes them tick. On this week’s episode:

In 2010, over a sushi dinner with a good friend, Jason Gardner discovered his subsequent entrepreneurial journey: reworking the bank card trade with Marqeta. The “fashionable card issuer”  which helps companies difficulty customized bank card applications now works with clients in 39 international locations employes a staff of almost 900, and IPOed in 2021. Not a nasty deal for sushi, but it surely wasn’t at all times straightforward: Gardner shared on this episode his methods for persevering after almost operating out of cash in 2015, and why he is fueled by the problem of individuals not believing in him.