Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Jeff Zhou, CEO of Fig (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: Tell me a bit about what kind of heuristics you are using in doing the credit scoring for subprime. Jeff Zhou: One area that people are interested in is alternative data sources like social media. This is an area that I think is very difficult to tie to credit behavior when you’re comparing

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Bootstrap First with Services from London, Raise Money Later: Rich Waldron, CEO of Tray.io (Part 7)

Sramana Mitra: What is your funding strategy? We talked about the $2.2 million round. What else have you done since then? Rich Waldron: We’ve raised a total of $109 million now. We raised a $5 million bridge to a Series A. In 2016, we raised our Series A which was $14 million in March of

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491st 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Deborah Quazzo, GSV Ventures

Deborah Quazzo is Managing Partner at GSV Ventures, a fund focused on Online Education ventures. This is a very good discussion on patterns of success and failure in the sector, and what investors are gravitating towards.

Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Jeff Zhou, CEO of Fig (Part 1)

Jeff discusses subprime lending as the number of consumers needing loans escalate exponentially in this post-COVID world. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by having you introduce yourself as well as the company.

Best of Bootstrapping: Madwire CEO Bootstrapped First, Raised Money Later to $120M

This discussion with Madwire Co-CEO JB Kellogg includes all sorts of interesting nuances, including DIFM vs. DIY. Read on. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start at the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born, raised, and in what kind of background? JB Kellogg: I’m from Colorado. I was born and raised

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491st Roundtable Recording on June 25, 2020: With Deborah Quazzo, GSV Ventures

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here: 491st 1Mby1M Roundtable June 25, 2020: With Deborah Quazzo, GSV Ventures

Bootstrap First with Services from London, Raise Money Later: Rich Waldron, CEO of Tray.io (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: Talk to me about your go-to market strategy. What has worked? What turned out to be the repeatable customer acquisition strategy? Rich Waldron: For a long time, we were relying on partner referrals. To this day, they still make up a healthy portion of our go-to market. To really stand on your own

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July 2 – 492nd 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 492nd FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, July 2, 2020, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 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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