Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Epic River CEO Jeff Grobaski (Part 1)

If you haven’t already, please study our Bootstrapping Course and Investor Introductions page.  This interview focuses on an important piece of innovation that has the potential to relieve the financial pain of many consumers who suffer under the pain of high health insurance deductibles. https://www.sramanamitra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/506th-1Mby1M-Entrepreneurship-Podcast-With-Jeff-Grobaski-Epic-River.mp3 Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well Epic River.

Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Karthik Manimozhi, CEO of RentMoola (Part 6)

Sramana Mitra: There’s a reason I’m asking you about Seattle. Jeff Bezos has committed some significant amount of money to address homelessness in Seattle. I imagine that is something that is being tapped into to deal with their situation. Is that a model that can be scaled throughout the country? Given the size and scale

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Karthik Manimozhi, CEO of RentMoola (Part 5)

Karthik Manimozhi: In many cases, the whole framework is working as designed. The problem is, it leaves too many people outside of the framework. We are looking at our range of landlord portfolios going to affordable housing where we expect a lot more support from local counties. They also have a responsibility to protect the

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Karthik Manimozhi, CEO of RentMoola (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: The COVID incidence is not a fault of their own. It’s a market failure. The question is, what happens after January, for instance when the eviction moratorium expires. COVID is not done. The economic impact is pretty dire. Karthik Manimozhi: It is. This is where different people take different routes. The renters are

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Karthik Manimozhi, CEO of RentMoola (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: If I understand correctly, what’s happening right now is that the mortgage companies are giving some relief to the property owners and the property owners are giving some relief to the renters. Then you have all the other factors like credit card payments and deferred payments that are getting saturated in this market.

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Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Karthik Manimozhi, CEO of RentMoola (Part 2)

Karthik Manimozhi: COVID has created some real structural and institutional issues. Certain sections of the population are disproportionately affected by COVID than others. What we’ve seen is three waves hitting the rental market.

Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Karthik Manimozhi, CEO of RentMoola (Part 1)

COVID-19 has disrupted people’s lives in unprecedented ways. The world is facing the prospect of mass homelessness as people have lost their jobs and face eviction by their landlords. https://www.sramanamitra.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/462nd-1Mby1M-Entrepreneurship-Podcast-With-Karthik-Manimozhi-RentMoola.mp3 This discussion delves into a powerful opportunity for FinTech to make a difference.

Thought Leaders in Financial Technology: Rich Longo, President of NXTSoft (Part 4)

Sramana Mitra: The example that you gave of Neilsoft versus Salesforce is not the right example for you. The right example is Salesforce itself and its Force.com platform where a lot of people have built a lot of applications.  Rich Longo: Yes, Force.com is a perfect example. You could look at others that built their

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