Bank On It

About this nugget: This nugget was pulled from episode 256 from an interview with Matt Miller,  co-founder and CEO of Embroker. This nugget is on building for product market fit. What is a nugget of the week?:  The host John Siracusa has recorded over 300 episodes as the host of the Bank On It & Before the A fintech podcasts where he interviews founders building the future of fintech and the VCS/Angels who fund them.  With each interview there's this wow moment when the person interviewed has shared something really special, unique or a reminder on how founders or investors should think. So, here we are delivering those moments to you in the form of a bite sized nugget. About Matt Miller: Matt Miller is the founder and CEO of Embroker, a modern solution for business insurance. Prior to founding Embroker, he was a Principal at the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, where he led investments in the insurance and software space. About the host:  John Siracusa, is the host of the 'Bank On It' podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC.   He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry.  Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to 'Bank On It', 'Before the A'  Follow him on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Michael Weisz, co-founder & President of YieldStreet.   YieldStreet provides access to asset based investments historically unavailable to most investors. With the mission of prosperity for all, YieldStreet allows investors to effortlessly participate in curated investments with low market correlation and high yield, across litigation finance, real estate, and other alternative asset classes. In November 2018 we interviewed his co-founder Milind Mehere, Milind exited his company to web.com for $425 million.       Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear Thursday's all new remotely recorded episode with Naftali Harris from Sentilink.    About the host:   John, is the host of the 'Bank On It' podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC.   He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry.  Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to 'Bank On It', 'Before the A'  Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

Welcome to our first remote interview produced using the ListenDeck audio production system.  This is the first episode where the show host John Siracusa and his guest Alex Lazarow recorded in two different locations yet sound like they're in the same room.      You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Alex Lazarow, global VC at Cathay Innovation and author of the book, Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs--from Delhi to Detroit--Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley.  In this episode they discuss case studies of founders that built companies for global growth and founders who've built for localized growth.  Most importantly how they can cross pollinate and learn from each other.      Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear next Tuesdays in studio interview recorded pre-Covid19 with Michael Weisz from YieldStreet.   About the host:   John, is the host of the 'Bank On It' podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC.   He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry.  Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to 'Bank On It', 'Before the A'  Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

About this nugget: This nugget was pulled from episode 220 from an interview with Hans Morris,  co founder and managing partner at Nyca. This nugget is on how credit has changed over the years. What is a nugget of the week?:  The host John Siracusa has recorded over 300 episodes as the host of the Bank On It & Before the A fintech podcasts where he interviews founders building the future of fintech and the VCS/Angels who fund them.  With each interview there's this wow moment when the person interviewed has shared something really special, unique or a reminder on how founders or investors should think. So, here we are delivering those moments to you in the form of a bite sized nugget. About Hans Morris:  Hans is Managing Partner of Nyca Partners, a NY and SF based Venture Capital Firm. Hans is a director of Nyca portfolio companies such as Lending Club, Payoneer and Cardworks. Previously, he was Managing Director at General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, where he continues to serve as a director for KCG. About the host:  John Siracusa, is the host of the 'Bank On It' podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC.   He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry.  Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to 'Bank On It', 'Before the A'  Follow him on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Kirat Singh, co-founder & CEO at Beacon.  Beacon is a cloud-native technology platform designed for capital markets, enabling customers to build, test and deploy analytics at enterprise scale. Beacon Platforms's trading and risk applications, financial developer toolkit, transparent source code enable customers to go-live with solutions that span from the front to the back office.  There's a very interesting story behind Beacon and Kirat.       Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear Thursday's all new remotely recorded episode with Alex Lazarow, global VC and author.     About the host:   John, is the host of the 'Bank On It' podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC.   He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry.  Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to 'Bank On It', 'Before the A'  Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

About this nugget: This nugget was pulled from episode 246 from an interview with Yaron Ben-Zvi,  co founder and CEO at Haven Life (acquired by MassMutual). This nugget is on strategic acquisition. . What is a nugget of the week?:  The host John Siracusa has recorded over 300 episodes as the host of the Bank On It & Before the A fintech podcasts where he interviews founders building the future of fintech and the VCS/Angels who fund them.  With each interview there's this wow moment when the person interviewed has shared something really special, unique or a reminder on how founders or investors should think. So, here we are delivering those moments to you in the form of a bite sized nugget. About Yaron Ben-Zvi: Yaron is the co-founder and CEO of online life insurance agency Haven Life which was acquired by MassMutual.    About the host:  John Siracusa, is the host of the 'Bank On It' podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC.   He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry.  Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to 'Bank On It', 'Before the A'  Follow him on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Gary Hoberman, founder & CEO at Unqork.  Unqork is a No-code enterprise application platform which helps enterprises build, deploy, and manage applications without writing a single line of code.  Throughout the episode they talk about the origin story of Unqork and the lessons learned with Gary's father.       Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear next Tuesday's all new episode with Kirat Singh from Beacon.     About the host:   John, is the host of the 'Bank On It' podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC.   He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry.  Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to 'Bank On It', 'Before the A'  Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

About this nugget: This nugget was pulled from episode 230 from an interview with Gareth Jones, co founder at Fintech Collective. This nugget is on having deep domain knowledge and conveying it. What is a nugget of the week?:  The host John Siracusa has recorded over 300 episodes as the host of the Bank On It & Before the A fintech podcasts where he interviews founders building the future of fintech and the VCS/Angels who fund them.  With each interview there's this wow moment when the person interviewed has shared something really special, unique or a reminder on how founders or investors should think. So, here we are delivering those moments to you in the form of a bite sized nugget. About Gareth Jones: Gareth is co-founder and Managing Partner of FinTech Collective. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, Gareth was a successful entrepreneur and business leader, who helped build and sell three category-leading fintech companies. These included Multex, which IPO'd and then successfully sold to Reuters; Serverside, which successfully sold to Gemalto, a European digital security company; and CardLab, which was successfully acquired by Blackhawk Networks, a global leader in prepaid gift, reward and incentive technologies and solutions. Prior to starting his career in fintech, Gareth spent three years 'double handing' a 36ft sailing boat 33,000 nautical miles from the UK to the Antarctic circle. About the host:  John Siracusa, is the host of the 'Bank On It' podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC.   He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry.  Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to 'Bank On It', 'Before the A'  Follow him on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with John Eley, CEO at GoldenSource and fintech investor.   GoldenSource is an enterprise data management software company which sells to the financial services industry. Providing data governance and data quality control to create new gold copy data for any domain, including instruments, parties, prices, corporate actions, products, and positions.  Some clients are Charles Schwab, Putnam, ASX, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, M&G, and Nordea. John has been in leading positions at previous companies with successful exits.  Today, he leads GoldenSource, is an adjunct professor at Columbia University and invests early in fintech companies.       Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear next Tuesday's all new episode with Gary Hoberman from Unqork.     About the host:   John, is the host of the 'Bank On It' podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC.   He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry.  Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to 'Bank On It', 'Before the A'  Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

About this nugget: This nugget was pulled from episode 173 from an interview with Milind Mehere,  co founder and CEO at YieldStreet. This nugget is on focus What is a nugget of the week?:  The host John Siracusa has recorded over 300 episodes as the host of the Bank On It & Before the A fintech podcasts where he interviews founders building the future of fintech and the VCS/Angels who fund them.  With each interview there's this wow moment when the person interviewed has shared something really special, unique or a reminder on how founders or investors should think. So, here we are delivering those moments to you in the form of a bite sized nugget. About Milind Mehere: He is a serial entrepreneur, currently a co-founder and CEO of YieldStreet. YieldStreet is an investment platform that is connecting investors to asset-based alternative investments. Milind has worked for industry-defining companies and personally built and scaled three businesses, one of which, Yodle, was acquired by Web.com for $342 million in 2016.    About the host:  John, is the host of the 'Bank On It' podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC.   He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry.  Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to 'Bank On It', 'Before the A'