We Should Talk About Founder Mental Health
A great philosopher once said “ Take care of y’all mentals, ‘cause look, we ain’t lasting that long… start taking care of y’all mentals, y’all bodies and y’all chicken for when y’all ready to walk away. You’ll walk away and you’ll be able to do what you want to do.” It’s a joke, it’s Seattle…
Read MoreFintech Helps Black Americans, VC Funding Should Too
A lot of people wanted me to write about Web3 use cases, which…sure I guess I can take a stab at it over the next couple of weeks (the beauty of being my own boss is that I don’t answer to anyone, including annoying internet trolls). But there are more important things to talk about than settling lame Twitter…
Read MoreParty Time—A New Drake Album!?—Apple’s Underwriting
What’s up everyone, Ian here. I’ll be honest most of the news was fucking depressing this week–you can read about that shit elsewhere (and there are some great summary threads in our Tweets Of The Week.) If you missed my essay on why now’s the time to build in crypto, check it out here (particularly proud of…
Read MoreHow Unit Helps Tech Companies Become Fintechs
I met Itai, the CEO of Unit, on one of my first trips to San Francisco after starting Fintech Today. It was February 2020, and I had spent the last year familiarizing myself with the banking-as-a-service space. We spent several hours talking about fintech, especially the banking-as-a-service sector. Unit was just finishing up their (oversubscribed) seed…
Read MoreFor Crypto, Now’s The Time To Build
Bitcoin, Ethereum, other cryptocurrencies have been tanking, folks are pulling their money, and we’re on the precipice of a crypto winter. But, things aren’t nearly as grim as they seem…time to build! Well. This weekend was pretty fucking brutal for crypto folks. Nearly everything tanked—Bitcoin just hit a 52-week low at $25,275.29, and Ethereum has…
Read MoreApple BNPL Is A Consumer Shopify Capital
I was thinking through some stuff the other day and realized WWDC was right around the corner (June 6-10th). I have a soft spot for Apple-related fintech products: Back in 2014, I became briefly obsessed with understanding how Apple would launch a digital wallet and how they could make money off of it. I ended…
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