Is your manager failing to meet your expectations?

Have you ever been really excited about a new manager you’re going to work with only to end up disappointed?  I’ve def been there!  You go into the relationship with big hopes and dreams about what your manager is going to teach you, how working together will be a breeze and how they’ll always be…

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Has Apple Card Been a Success?

3 FINTECH NEWS STORIES #1: Has Apple Card Been a Success?  What happened? Apple announced some updated stats on the Apple Card: So what?      Cool!  But is all that, you know, good? Let’s break it down: Overall, Apple Card feels like a really strong proof of concept (the design and features are top-notch, and the…

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V-Day Emails We Like 💌

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Happy Valentine’s Month! Love you! In honor of this Hallmark Holiday – I thought it was about time I showed you how we do email marketing / CRM at Sharma Brands. By we, I mean Nina Zade (my incredible Retention Director who has changed my life and who has made me a smarter marketer). I…

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Can Anyone Win BaaS?

For the last few years, banking-as-a-service (BaaS) has been one of the more interesting, drama-laden corners of fintech (BTW, that Jaws-esque music you hear in the background right now is Jason Mikula’s theme song). Still, in that time, I don’t ever remember a week that was as bad for BaaS banks as last week was.…

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📓 nurturing culture & careers

✍🏽 How do you manage professional development for small companies that have little room to grow because there are but so many roles within the organization? How do you develop a dev. plan that still feels like they are growing + learning although they aren’t getting promoted to the next level because someone would have…

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