My co-founder and I launched our fintech startup to increase financial inclusion in developing countries, but we're realizing our product might actually be making things worse by encouraging debt in vulnerable populations. She wants to pivot quickly to limit harm, while I'm worried about losing our investors and think we can fix the problems without starting over, and we're both feeling the weight of potentially having hurt the very people we wanted to help.
More people experience this than they realize.
Entrepreneurs are confronting the gap between their intentions and impact while navigating different appetites for financial risk and moral responsibility.
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