#45: From profitability to exceptional growth with Christoffer Rutgersson


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Apr 11 2024 48 mins  

Christoffer Rutgersson co-founded Bambora, and helped lead the startup to a 1.5 billion euro exit. Then he became CEO of public fintech company Qliro, quickly turning it profitable while doubling down on growth.


Learn more: https://www.qliro.com/ ⁠⁠https://generogrowth.com/⁠⁠ https://www.linkedin.com/in/christoffer-rutgersson-7ab7a611/


(0:00) Introduction (1:00) Buying 14 companies in 18 months and hiring hundreds of employees (4:49) Lessons learned from 1.5 billion euro exit (9:40) Joining Qliro as CEO (17:35) Getting Qliro to profitability (21:52) Reducing cost and doubling down on growth simultaneously (23:41) How to attract talent quickly (26:18) Being a public company CEO (30:49) Helping e-commerce merchants (36:08) Improvements in conversation rates (39:23) Expanding outside the Nordics (41:34) Future growth