Many FinTech experts who are my customers and students often ask me questions that have very little to do with compliance and everything to do with “political” situations at work, time and budget constraints, and assessment of risks and consequences. Hundreds of compliance experts joined my workshops, and many of Read more…
Before writing this email, I took a long walk and re-listened to some of my favorite parts of Peter Thiel’s book “Zero to One” about entrepreneurship and startups. He talks a lot about the early PayPal days. I especially liked the chapter about the dot-com times of the 2000s and Read more…
You know what almost all compliance officers REALLY want? They want to work on cool innovative projects, they want to work with simple tools, they love learning new things and they want to be appreciated for what they do. It’s that simple. 
But… What do they believe? What shapes their Read more…
Compliance function has attracted a lot of great financial industry experts because it is perceived as a function that plays an important role within any regulated entity, is always needed, and offers great learning opportunities. Many FinTech compliance “newcomers” have asked me whether or not they should do CAMS certification Read more…
I’d like to share with you what I learned while simultaneously riding a sales horse and a compliance horse recently. I know – it’s been suggested that it’s impossible to do it with one behind, but well… women are great at multitasking. So, what do FinTech sales and FinTech compliance Read more…
After a couple of articles on why compliance people are sometimes underpaid and how they can make more money, I got so much feedback and input so I decided to expand the topic and make it a bit more comprehensive. How much do people pay Compliance Officers? 
Junior compliance employees Read more…
From time to time startup founders, regulatory consultants, and corporate business developers spend their time exploring new opportunities and building customer relationships. I have learned that it’s important to say “no” to a project or an opportunity very early on, even if it’s commercially interesting or has great potential – Read more…
In the startup world, it happens every so often that people don’t pay you or don’t deliver what you expect them to deliver, or otherwise don’t do what they promised. Sometimes people ask me, what options they have. Here are a few creative strategies I see working quite well in Read more…
This image is from sunny and windy Cancun. 
Since you have followed me for some time, you realized by now that I am always on the move. During the last 3 years, I worked from Singapore, Cran Canaria, Austrian spas, rain forests of Costa Rica, Mexican beaches, Mallorca, vineyards of Read more…
I am often asked about non-compete contractual provisions when it comes to hiring employees from competitors as well as how to prevent your employees from going to your competition. Obviously, almost everyone wants to steal talent from others and nobody likes when it happens to you, right? To be very Read more…