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Founder Chats
Hosted by Baremetrics · EN
Each week we sit down with a different founder to talk shop. Get honest, insightful looks in to how other founders run their businesses.
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Escaping the Analysis Paralysis of Managing Personal Finances with Will Peng
Jun 14, 202201:00:53Tap to summarizeAbout Will Peng:Will Peng is the CEO and Co-Founder of Northstar, a financial wellness and benefits platform. Prior to founding Northstar, Will worked in Venture Capital and his firm was an early investor in Coinbase, Guideline, Even, and Oscar. Inspired by the positive change fintech can have on people’s lives, Will set out to solve the inequality of financial guidance.About Northstar:Northstar’s financial wellness program helps employees make the most of their total compensation, and helps companies support their teams at scale through onboarding, open enrollment, equity events, and more. Northstar has raised more than $10M from investors including M13, Foundation Capital, Workday Ventures, and Parade Ventures. Our employer customers include Zoom, Snap, NerdWallet, Superhuman, Virgin Orbit, and more.Show Notes:1:30 Will Peng’s entrepreneurial journey9:00 starting a career as a VC analyst14:30 demonstrating proactivity when looking to switch careers26:00 finding the right career direction through intuition and self-driven learning30:00 most financial advice online is too broad to be effective - personal financial advice should begin with thinking through an individual problem as a case by case34:00 the importance of having difficult conversations44:00 developing an interest in FinTech infrastructure as an Asian-American immigrant45:00 combating the culture of shame around personal finances49:00 understanding how to handle stock options and making other large financial decisions
Transcribe →Ankur Nagpal (Teachable)
Apr 2, 2019Tap to summarizeThis week I talk with Ankur Nagpal, Founder of Teachable! In this episode we talk about living in the Middle East, moving to America at 17, starting a Facebook apps business making hundreds of thousands of dollars a month, building on platforms vs creating platforms, reverse engineering growth and a lot more! http://founderchats.com https://teachable.com https://baremetrics.com
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