Fintech Takes

Killing It! –Fintech’s Biggest Disrupters on Startups, Success, and All the Hard Lessons In Between

Feb 22, 2024

Join the hosts as they discuss failures, successes, and tough decisions in the world of fintech. Explore the emotional toll of entrepreneurship, letting go of ventures, and building anew while holding onto the past. Learn about the challenges of co-founding a company, relationship-building, and managing expectations in the fintech industry.

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Episode guests

Alex Johnson

Jason Henrichs

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Quick takeaways

Entrepreneurial success is not linear; failure and tough decisions are integral parts of the journey.

Acknowledging and learning from failures, embracing change, and building meaningful relationships are key to entrepreneurial resilience.

Deep dives

Launching 'Killing It' Mini-Series

The podcast introduces a new mini-series called 'Killing It' where the focus shifts from showcasing only successful entrepreneurship stories to exploring the more common experiences of failure and tough decisions in the entrepreneurial world. Co-hosts Alex Johnson and Jason Henricks, co-founder of Perk Street, set the stage by sharing personal experiences of shutting down companies, finding exits, and the emotional aspects of such processes.

Introduction

3min

Navigating Challenges in Fintech Entrepreneurship

6min

Navigating Identity in Entrepreneurial Exits

4min

Navigating the Complexities of Entrepreneurship

15min

Reflections on Co-founding, Company Culture, and Relationship Building in Fintech

3min

Navigating Relationships and Unfair Advantages in Entrepreneurship

2min

Things in life rarely go as planned. But things in fintech? Well…

They almost never go as planned.

So how do you put yourself and your ideas into the fintech world when failure is almost certainly inevitable? What happens when grinding isn’t enough to keep your company afloat? And how do you cope with the potential loss of the idea (and identity) you loved so dearly?

In this special crossover series with Breaking Banks’ Jason Henrichs, he and Fintech Takes’ Alex Johnson sit down with fintech’s biggest innovators, disrupters, and industry changers to glean lessons from their tales of failure, success, and all of the tough decisions they’ve had to make along the way.

Whether you simply have the spark for the next big idea, are a first-time founder, or somewhere in between, you won’t want to miss these incredible insights from some of fintech’s brightest minds.

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