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The Great Convergence Continues
3 Fintech News Stories #1: The Great Convergence Continues What happened? Product roadmaps continue to converge in the corporate card and expense management space: After three years offering startups banking services, San Francisco-based Mercury is launching a corporate charge card called IO. The corporate card market is an increasingly crowded sector of fintech with companies…
Read MoreThe office isn’t inclusive.
What do I mean? I’ll never forget the summer of 2020. The first summer of the pandemic, the rise of remote work and corporate America FINALLY addressing systemic racism. The murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor inspired nationwide protests and a demand for accountability. Call me naive, but it felt like things were changing…
Read MoreWhy can’t my team make decisions without me?
The point of hiring people is scaling your business. It’s frustrating when the people you are paying to do a job still expect you to be around to help them with every decision. “Why can’t my team make decisions without me?” is one of the most common questions founders ask me. Remember this: The problem…
Read MoreUpcoming cannabis events you’re ganja love
Events are such a great way to gain new perspectives and have new conversations that either strengthen or challenge your current point of view. Below are 3 upcoming cannabis events to close out the year (side note: how are there only 3 months left in 2022?!) Lucky Leaf Expo When: October 7-8, 2022 Where: Jackson…
Read MoreOutside the Huddle 9/18/22
1) Alphabet’s Verily raises $1 billion to expand precision health business Verily raised $1 billion to expand its precision healthcare initiatives. This will include real-world evidence generation, healthcare data platforms, research and care and its underlying technology. Overall, Verily aims to use their technological capabilities combined with data to advance precision health across clinical research and…
Read MoreWhy Millions Are Expected to Lose Health Insurance
I have good news and bad news. The good news is the uninsured rate hit one of its lowest points in the past decade at 8.3%. The bad news is that between 5.3 million and 14 million Americans are estimated to lose insurance once the public health emergency ends—which may be soon. Despite the uninsured rate hitting…
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