Today, I wanted to talk about the fact that… fraud happens. 😤 Maybe your entity received funds or credit card payments that turned out to be fraudulent, maybe your customer comes back to you and says that their account was taken Read more…
Let’s question the idea that startups need to hire employees before they actually need them, ahead of growth. I personally observed many times that this is actually terrible advice, but somehow, this misconception exists in the industry as soon as Read more…
Oftentimes, when FinTech startups receive funding, they spend a lot of it on hiring new employees. During this episode, I explain the numerous negative consequences of growing your team before your company is ready for it. If you found value Read more…
Today, I’d like to share with you my thoughts on unfinished projects and abandoned ideas and how this causes inefficiencies and wasted resources within FinTech. Most startups believe that the reason why they have so many unfinished projects and abandoned Read more…
Most FinTech startups believe that the reason for their many unfinished projects is that they have too many ideas and too little time and resources to get them all done. However, I think this is a huge misconception, and in Read more…
It’s time for us to look deeply into how to design and test your FinTech projects, make faster decisions, reduce team conflicts, and keep the costs low – all the same time. Let’s look at what Elon is doing at Read more…
There is no better time than right now to look deeply at how to design and test projects, make faster decisions, reduce team conflicts, and keep costs low. So, today we will be taking some lessons from the strategy that Read more…
Let’s continue exploring why bottom-up project planning does not work in FinTech and what you can try as a pragmatic alternative. As some of you may know, my FinTech journey started first at Amazon and then continued at PayPal. My biggest lesson Read more…
First of all – please let me wish you, your family, friends, and colleagues a very prosperous, amazing, and exciting year 2023! I’d like to start our conversation this year with something that is on the top of the minds Read more…
In the last episode, I discussed the just-in-time method and how that is more effective than reactive firefighting, and I am now following up on that, talking about how I discovered the just-in-time method. As some of you may know, Read more…