7 Point Checklist To See If You Have A Fintech Unicorn
This is a “bonus chapterette” from my book Mindshare to Marketshare. This is deliberately simplistic. It is a 7-point checklist....
This is a “bonus chapterette” from my book Mindshare to Marketshare. This is deliberately simplistic. It is a 7-point checklist....
This tweet by Marc Andreessen in February ignited a debate: @cdixon @JackGavigan @Kwdmiller @aweissman I am dying to fund a disruptive bank. Marc Andreessen...
I chose Amsterdam as the next stop on the Fintech City Tour, primarily because of Adyen. When a Fintech Unicorn...
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Any time you see a market as large as Payments, entrepreneurs rush in. And Payments is undeniably a huge market. According to...
This is a “Bonus Chapterette” of my book Mindshare to Marketshare. It is free, thus bonus. It is short, not...
I struggled with the headline for this one. I knew there must be a story here, because it is not...
This week the Fintech City Tour travels to India. I have lived and worked in India, so even though on...
Many Bitcoin ventures are classic micro-multinationals – tiny businesses that operate globally through a virtual office. In 2009, I was...
I promised myself no New Year prognostication posts, but I could not resist this one. There is too much gloomy...
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