consumer protection
Best Practices in Marketing Communications
Today I wanted to warn you about some common mistakes I see in marketing communications and public statements. 1) Making market predictions or offering personal investment advice Many startups and especially startup founders are “tempted” to make market predictions and offer personal investment advice to their audiences. Please, be aware Read more…
consumer protection
What is Market Manipulation?
Today Iâm going to offer you a brief overview of how to define market manipulation and some common examples of what constitutes market manipulation. Market manipulation is an action (e.g. entering into a transaction, placing or cancelling an order, disseminating information, voicing a public opinion, etc.) that gives or may give Read more…
corporate governance
Why People Are So Afraid of GDPR and Privacy Topics?
I recorded this video to reflect on why people might be afraid of GDPR đ By the way, in just few days myself a several dozens of other FinTech experts are starting together a 5-Day Privacy Policy Challenge which will allow us to experience first hand that GDPR is not Read more…
corporate governance
#1 Startup Question From 2018
“How to get more partnerships and get them faster” has been a common theme during 2018. Many startups joined acceleration programs not because they needed exposure to get funding, but because they needed exposure to secure partnerships. Even regulatory approvals seemed easier in a way, comparing to getting sign offs Read more…
AML
How To Prepare for the Audit?
I was recently preparing a team for an external on-site audit visit and the basic guiding principle I declared was: âYou are going to do all the work and they are going to get paidâ. I meant it. It sounds a bit odd and potentially provocative, but the truth of Read more…
Career
Where Big 4 Are Helpful and Where They Arenât
Several startups recently complained to me how frustrated they are with Big 4 advisors and large law firms. â âFor all they money we are paying them, they came to the conclusion that our services should be subject to VAT, and then only by accident we discovered that they shouldnâtâ Read more…
corporate governance
Why You Should Not Be Afraid Of Internal Auditors?
Many corporate functions hate internal audits. People âperceive them as useless, âtime-wasting, police-playing and inflating problems that don’t exist to justify their existence – and the people behind them as incompetent, arrogant and what not… Just imagine, someone with very little knowledge about your challenges and your profession comes in, Read more…
corporate governance
Helpful Corporate Admin Tools
As I work with different startups, I have had the opportunity to compare various corporate tools and admin solutions. Here is a list of some popular resources that I believe work really well: Slack for internal messaging, reminders and other internal communications. Zendesk for customer support and tickets management. BambooHR Read more…