Mack Dudayev – Founder of InsureChance
[quote style=”boxed”]Read a lot and then read some more. I try to read everything about my industry, marketing, technology, business and when I have time I love reading business biographies.[/quote]…
Money is weird. It’s simple in theory and complicated in practice. The founders in this section are building companies that help people and businesses make sense of it. From fintech platforms to financial advisory firms to investment tools, they’re tackling one of the most fundamental problems in business and life.
These interviews cover the full financial landscape. Personal finance. Corporate finance. Lending. Payments. Insurance. Wealth management. Cryptocurrency before it was cool, during the hype, and after the crash. The founders here have seen cycles.
What makes these conversations valuable is the honesty. Finance has a reputation for jargon and gatekeeping. The people featured here cut through that. They talk about building trust in an industry where trust is everything. About regulation, which in finance is not optional. About the challenge of making financial tools accessible to people who aren’t finance professionals.
You’ll find insights on building fintech products, navigating compliance, fundraising in financial services, and the particular challenge of disrupting industries that really don’t want to be disrupted. Whether you’re building in finance or just trying to understand it better, these founders have perspective worth hearing.
[quote style=”boxed”]Read a lot and then read some more. I try to read everything about my industry, marketing, technology, business and when I have time I love reading business biographies.[/quote]…
[quote style=”boxed”]I would build my personal network earlier. A startup is not a DIY project.[/quote] Ivan founded Spendgo in 2010 following the advice from his college professor and now current…
[quote style=”boxed”] Taking action in business is key. You can’t just have a list of great ideas and never have the guts to implement them.[/quote] Liran Hirschkorn is an independent…
[quote style=”boxed”]Be nice to people. You’ll be surprised how often entrepreneurs pick investors or investors pick other co-investors based on how much they like working with them. This simple strategy…
I tend to fixate on a specific problem or task until I solve it, or at least until I reach some terminal understanding of the issue. At a startup, different…
[quote style=”boxed”]I would build relationships differently with partners to ensure a mutual success, rather than a 1-sided venture.[/quote] Bronson L. Quon, a CPA, started his professional career even before graduating…
[quote style=”boxed”]I think I would do very little differently with one exception, I would have found a love of history sooner. It really makes you think about how things came…
[quote style=”boxed”]Everything happens the way it’s supposed to and what doesn’t work, you learn from and try again. All the steps need to happen just as they did in order…
[quote style=”boxed”]I communicate with our whole team all the time. I recommend over-communication and also being as transparent as possible.[/quote] Mary has over twenty-five years of leadership experience in both…
[quote style=”boxed”]Understand your business model inside and out and what I mean by that is to take the time to know your metrics. The better you understand what the numbers…
[quote style=”boxed”]I like batting ideas around in small groups with people of different backgrounds, expertise and opinions. Once something is half-baked, we’ll test it – either in-market or through modeling. [/quote]…
Meet Doug Lebda – Chairman, CEO and Founder of LendingTree.com
[quote style=”boxed”]Analyze (data is your friend 😉 ) and over-communicate (I’m a big believer in the hypothesis that startups work so well because everybody constantly knows what’s going on, why…