How one enterprise client nearly broke, and built PaidHR

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How one enterprise client nearly broke, and built PaidHR

Before founding PaidHR, Seye Bandele’s core experience was in business development, strategy, and marketing. He’d previously held chief of marketing roles at Konga and Yudala and ran a marketing consulting agency alongside Chikodi Ukaiwe (now CEO of Salad Africa). During his consulting days, Bandele worked with companies like Flour Mills and, notably, HR tech competitor SeamlessHR. When I ask about whether his time at SeamlessHR revealed a market gap that inspired PaidHR, Bandele says he’s not ready to speak publicly about that transition.

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