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At Walmart, he turned a paper-napkin idea into a fintech product used by 18 million people.
At StubHub/eBay, he helped scale global marketplaces.
Now, as VP Product (Growth & Incubation) at GoFundMe, Hai Habot is reshaping the giving economy—proving generosity can be productized, operationalized, and scaled.
Hai and Haggai Klorman Eraqi unpack how to build like a startup inside very large companies—where budgets, politics, and legacy systems collide with urgency, ambition, and customer need. You’ll hear how GoFundMe mobilized hundreds of millions in disaster relief within days, why most “innovation labs” stall, and the exact ways intrapreneurs win support, funding, and ship.
In this episode
The giving economy explained: individuals, nonprofits, corporate giving, and donor-advised funds
From idea to impact: Walmart Mexico’s digital wallet and the 18M-user journey
The 3-circle method for finding high-leverage opportunities (customer × company × feasibility)
Intrapreneur tactics: coalition-building, budget strategy, and selling new bets internally
Disaster response at scale: how GoFundMe verifies, routes, and deploys help fast
Career advice for builders: when to push, when to partner, and how to communicate for buy-in
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