Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: EarnUp CEO Matthew Cooper and President Nadim Homsany (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: It’s a bit misleading to say that you are helping consumers get out of debt. It sounds like you are paying off their debt. Now that I understand what you’re doing, you’re basically managing the payments in a software environment. Matthew Cooper: That’s the whole point of the application. Today, we have over

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December 18 – Rendezvous Meetup to Discuss Bootstrapping First, Raising Money Later

For entrepreneurs interested to meet and chat with Sramana Mitra in person, please join us for our bi-monthly and informal group meetups. If you are living in the San Francisco Bay Area or are just in town for a visit, we hope you will add these meetups to your calendar and join us. Pre-registration is required,

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December 19 – 468th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 468th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, December 19, 2019, at 8 a.m. PST/11 a.m. EST/5 p.m. CET/9:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your

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Blackbaud – 1Mby1M Social Good Startup Challenge Extended

We have already had great candidates apply for Blackbaud – 1Mby1M Social Good Startup Challenge. Along with a good deal of interest from serious applicants, we have received several requests for a deadline extension. So we have agreed to extend the deadline for everyone to December 15. You can learn more about this startup challenge

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: EarnUp CEO Matthew Cooper and President Nadim Homsany (Part 1)

100 million consumers live paycheck to paycheck and are loaded with debt. EarnUp offers a solution to help them ease their debt burden. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing yourselves as well as EarnUp. Matthew Cooper: Nadim and I are the two co-founders of EarnUp. I’m currently the CEO and Nadim is the CFO. EarnUp

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Catching Up On Readings: Black Friday 2019

This feature from Reuters looks at how online sales surged close to 20% on Black Friday while shopper traffic at retail stores declined. For this week’s posts, click on the paragraph links.