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Never be satisfied, Michael Katchen, CEO Wealthsimple - The Startup CEO show

14 Nov 2024 · 0 min

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Michael Katchen, CEO of Wealthsimple, won a Webby Award for best financial services website in 2017, then immediately tore it down and rebuilt it from scratch. He explains why winning recognition doesn't mean you stop improving.

We were fortunate that I think maybe even 2017, maybe that was the year when you and I met. We also won our very first Webby Award, which is like, Webby's are like the Oscars of the Internet. So it was a nice thing. We won. The best financial services website in the world goes to Walt Simple. It's like a really fun, you know, evening and recognition. And what did we do? Well, the next day, we came back to the office and decided to tear down the website and start from scratch.