In today’s episode, I share a personal story that highlights why you don’t need a plan to be successful! Until 2020, I always measured my success by how closely I could stick to a plan. But I have come to realize how limiting that is, and through my Impact Mentorship Read more…
Driven by what I have been hearing from FinTech founders about their experiences with compliance, in today’s episode, I talk about the core three elements of the just-in-time compliance framework, and why sometimes doing nothing is the best compliance strategy of all! If you found value in this episode, I Read more…
In this episode, I run through some of the common mistakes that FinTech founders make when trying to build relationships with the government, and I share some helpful strategies for how to build these relationships more effectively. If you found value in this episode, I would really appreciate it if Read more…
Compliance templates can be hugely beneficial, but they can also cause a lot of confusion if you don’t know how or when to use them. If you’ve ever wondered about which situations are suitable for compliance templates and which are not, this episode is for you! If you found value Read more…
My business model is the way it is because of the fact that I work with early-stage start-ups. In this episode, I am going to explain why it is so important that your service providers, partners, and vendors have a similar operating model to your business! If you found value Read more…
If your compliance officer is performing poorly, they should be fired from your organization. But sometimes it can be difficult to know who is responsible for the things that are going wrong, and therefore who to fire. In today’s episode, I’m going to share with you some red flags to Read more…
I was recently asked by a FinTech founder to help streamline, discipline, and re-motivate his compliance team. In his own words: “They complain a lot but I am not sure, how reasonable their expectations are.“ I found out that indeed, there was a lot of complaining going on: “We can Read more…
As a FinTech startup founder, it is almost guaranteed that you will experience some form of crisis at some point in your journey in the industry. And more likely than not, you will experience more than one! In today’s episode, I discuss some of the more common crisis situations, from Read more…
In the previous article, I’ve traced down how your mission as a FinTech startup founder brings you on a possible collision course with partners, auditors, and regulators because of an inherent difference of vision regarding FinTech compliance, and the role it occupies in your business. I’ve also warned against pride Read more…
As a FinTech startup founder, you are likely to have a customer-friendly mental image of what the financial services industry should look like: A world in which transactions are instantaneous and transaction fees are low; a world where technology helps include humans (billions of them!) into the global financial system; Read more…