Paul Becker, CEO of Art Money: How Art is The Key For Creative Thinking
Art is a divisive issue, but getting to know the artist’s story can help unlock creative thinking and break down barriers. Discover how tapping into creativity can make you a better strategist. Paul Becker is the CEO of Art Money, a global fintech company empowering people to buy art through a win-win business model. He…
Read MoreEp21: Braintrust: How to Bootstrap Crypto
Web3 Marketplaces! On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Adam Jackson, founders of Braintrust. Braintrust is a decentralized marketplace for software engineers and knowledge workers. It’s like a decentralized Upwork. We dive into why the $BTRST token hit a $2 billion market cap when it launched on Coinbase, how to design token economies,…
Read MoreNews Bites w/Yieldstreet: Tackling the next wave of innovation
On today’s special episode of WTFintech? we’re collaborating with our friends at Yieldstreet to bring you News Bites, a segment where I go over the top trends in fintech via quick bite episodes. Today, we’re covering: The rise of the ‘Gen I’ investor and WTF it means BNPL and why the CFPB is asking questions…
Read MoreEp20: Earth Brands: Building Capital From The Ground Up
Direct to Consumer Brands! On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Peter Frelinghuysen and Misha Medvedev, founders of Earth Brands. Earth Brands is a direct to consumer company selling biodegradable cups to compete with solo cups on college campuses. They’ve already raised a few million from Mark Cuban and on the show today…
Read MoreEp19: Living Carbon: Super Trees
Cleantech! On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Maddie Hall, Founder and CEO of Living Carbon. Living Carbon is building trees to capture more carbon from the atmosphere to take on climate change. Maddie has a fascinating background and worked on special projects at Open AI and Y Combinator before launching Living Carbon…
Read MoreFine Wine Paired With Fintech
Today I’m interviewing Anthony Zhang, founder and CEO of Vinovest, a fintech for fine wine investing. With Vinovest, retail investors can build, track, and analyze their own fully-insured wine portfolios — an asset class that’s traditionally only been available to less than 1% of all investors (and one that’s appreciated nearly 130% over the last…
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