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Apr 2022

29m 14s

20VC Exclusive: Fast's Domm Holland on W...

Harry Stebbings

About this episode

Domm Holland is the Founder and CEO @ Fast.

Last week Fast announced they would be shutting down the company.

In this exclusive 20VC episode we discuss:

What really happened with Domm's towing business in Australia?
What are the 1-2 biggest mistakes made at Fast?
Why has Bolt worked in a way that Fast has not worked?
What is it like having Stripe as an investor in your company?
Could the board have done more to prevent what happened at Fast?

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