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Plaid’s Perfect Timing
Mario Gabriele, the creator and author of The Generalist, recently published a piece on the past, present, and future of Plaid. With a word count just shy of 15,000, calling this thing comprehensive would be a big understatement. It’s an incredible collection of reporting and analysis, built on interviews with multiple Plaid executives (including CEO…
Read MoreThe easiest way to overcome creative block as a social media marketer
Shameless plug here. But dropped this walkthrough on X/Twitter of my favorite way to combat creative block. Super quick ~4min watch, but if you implement this consistently, you’ll have a sort of insurance policy for when you wake up and the creative side of your brain decides to malfunction for the day. Check it out.…
Read MoreWhat’s Up In Fintech
On Thursdays, I share news stories and trending pieces I’m keeping tabs on. Consider it your shortcut to shifting through the noise in the fintech news world. #1 Brazilian Fintech NuBank To Launch Personal Loans In Mexico Nubank’s subsidiary, Nu México, is expanding its financial services by introducing personal loans. This move directly responds to…
Read MoreGrowing the constellation
How Orbital Sidekick’s hyperspectral satellites can help with everything from methane mitigation and infrastructure monitoring
Read MoreAdvertising is having a moment
Advertising has caught investor’s attention It’s not big new news that advertising-driven businesses have had really crappy multiples on the public markets over the past few years. Did you know you can buy Buzzfeed today for $60M? Yes, just $60M for a business that does $300M+ in revenue. Buzzfeed’s horrible multiple is a reflection of…
Read Morestriking pipeline gold
The Golden Nuggets Let’s get one thing straight right away – not all activity is good activity. A dial for the sake of a dial is a dial made in vain. Yet, so many reps will hit vanity metrics to stay out of the doghouse with their manager. But, if those vanity metrics aren’t generating…
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