Fuse Founder, Alan Chang: $0-$260M in Revenue in 3 Years & The Revolut Playbook of Speed & Ownership

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Jan 5, 2026

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Alan Chang, Co-Founder and CEO of Fuse Energy. Alan has scaled Fuse Energy from $2M in revenue in the first year, to $20M the second year to now $400M in the third year. Like Netflix beat incumbents to own media, Revolut beat incumbents to own banking, Fuse will beat incumbents to own energy. Prior to founding Fuse, Alan was one of the first three hires at Revolut where he played a crucial role alongside Nik (Founder) in scaling the company to over $75BN valuation.

In Today's Episode We Discuss:
  • The interview process that led to the $150M pay packet

  • How Revolut drove speed and urgency in their teams

  • You cannot have work-life balance

  • What I disagreed with Nik on most

  • Is Nik right that Revolut should have got a banking licence earlier?

  • Energy Crisis

  • Why China is the shining light for regulation to follow Interview Process: Green & Red Flags

  • Lesson from Nik about ownership and excuses

  • The signs of truly top performing people in a team

  • You need to work weekends to win

  • Every single year we 10x revenue - now at ~$400M

  • Why Eastern European engineers are the best What People Get Wrong About Having Money

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