I'm not so silently rooting for the next fellow to be a woman so @aliciamnovoa and I can have a third girly to join the alumni crew. DM me if you or any of your friends are interested – closing next week!!

If you’re a founder just avoid listening to VCs and build a business … if you have conviction that’s all that matters, if you’re looking for VCs to help you build it you’re already screwed

The name of my coaching practice is TwentySevenNine. In numerology, it means teacher who learns by doing. After ~6 years as CEO of Bloom Credit, I started coaching founders last year. I've been lucky to work with 10+ founders backed by a16z + General Catalyst +First Round etc.

If you’re in Fintech and scrambling to get off your BaaS provider shoot me a DM, I want to chat

occasionally I find an a article like this out in the wild completely unsolicited from a real customer and I remember why I do what I do "How HMBradley Changed My Financial Life" medium.com/@mwrx/how-hmbr…

It was awesome to be featured in TechCrunch last week discussing how founders can avoid founder breakups and conflict. TL;DR... get on the same page early in your relationship. Create objective measures of success and clear accountability. techcrunch.com/2023/10/30/fou…

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Dear Apple Card - if you're listening, I can help you pull off the most baller move of all time and we have the tech to build a WAY better product than GS did ... sorry Aaron Frank 😘

Thrilled to share that we've blown past $1 billion in annual charge card volume here at Lithic

We’re looking for applicants for Fintech Meetup’s first ever Start Up Pitch competition! Apply with the link here or reach out to me, or any friends at Commerce Ventures, Orrick, Stifel Venture Banking and Visa to earn more!

The second cohort of Themint kicks off next week. Has been tons of work but also lots of fun spending the last few months selecting the cos and figuring out how to structure an experience that will be even better than the last one. LFG!!

Excited to speak at FinovateSpring 2024 (May 21-23 at the Marriott Marquis San Francisco, CA)! If you want to join, feel free to use my code FKV2476SPK to save 20%: shorturl.at/abNRX #Finovate #FinTech

I wrote this morning in Fintech Takes about how VCs need to be focusing on mental health. Not because it's a nice thing to do, but because in the post ZIRP era we can't afford as an industry to have "avoidable" loses. Thanks to Alex Johnson for being a great thought partner

I finally got some respect from my son because of Dan Rosen and the team at Commerce Ventures

Big news! 🎉 We’ve raised a $50 million Series C funding round to accelerate AI guest technology in hospitality! We are honored and humbled to serve over 20,000 hoteliers worldwide and look forward to driving even more value for our hotel partners. 🔗canarytechnologies.com/press/canary-r…

A little late here, but huge congrats to Harman Singh Narula, “SJ” Sawhney and the CanaryTechnologies team on this awesome milestone. So excited for the next chapter!

Have you been following stablecoins or exciting trends in cross-border payments? I shared some thoughts we have been developing on how stablecoins are reshaping the B2B cross-border payments market (deeper theme analysis to be published soon). linkedin.com/newsletters/fi…