John Mizzi of Vero Technologies on Launching a Fintech Lending Business and Underwriting Credit

Today, David is speaking with John Mizzi. John is the co-founder and CEO of Vero Technologies. He was previously the COO of Bond.One, a capital markets technology platform, focused on streamlining settlement and reconciliation functions for asset servicers (Corporate Trustees and Administrators) in the debt capital markets. As an entrepreneur-in-residence for Danish software company, cVation, he launched 2 fintech companies, Bond.One and IMTC. IMTC is a portfolio management software solution for investment managers. He is currently on the Board of Directors for the McCarton Foundation, a nonprofit organization that seeks to educate, empower, and provide exceptional treatment for children with autism. John attended the University of Michigan, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. While in Ann Arbor, he co-founded InSilico, an education technology start-up focused on developing software solutions for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

What You’ll Learn:

• Managing Yourself and Employees 
• How a fintech product should look like to determine creditworthiness
• Process to raise a seed fund as a balance sheet lending business 
• FinTech milestones and ways to evaluate a FinTech company
• Go to market motion
• Channel Sales through banks 
• Level of Product Market-Fit
• 30/60/90 days plan after a $4M raise 

Favorite Quote:

“You do not do business with business, you do business with people”

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