Question for the audience: What comes to your mind when you hear the phrase: “Vest in Peace”?
While you chew on that, I want to introduce you to Immad Akhund: Founder and CEO of Mercury and our esteemed guest this week on the show. We spend a lot of time talking about Mercury’s amazing growth trajectory, the harsh realities of being a founder, Immad’s passion (or lack thereof) for investing, the importance of having a network in San Francisco, Mercury Raise and more.
Please note that Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC.
Enjoy!!
Links:
Mercury
Mercury Raise
Immad on LinkedIn
Open by Andre Agassi
On Writing by Stephen King
Topics:
00:01:30) It’s called a Zoom!
(00:02:54) The industry avoids talking about SVB
(00:06:54) Mercury’s explosive growth
(00:16:55) Immad’s rolling fund and passion for investing
(00:23:27) The harsh reality of being a founder
(00:35:42) Immad’s north star
(00:39:51) The importance of having a San Francisco network today
(00:43:27) Mercury Raise
(00:46:35) Multi-product strategies
(00:49:26) How much time do you spend thinking about Fintech?
Alex Johnson + Jason Mikula
Dimitri Dadiomov, CEO @ Modern Treasury
Don Muir, CEO @ Arc
Albert Saniger, CEO @ Nate
News(ish) #10: Lindsay Davis @ Atomic: Fintech Fridays, the Atomic Fundraise, & a Sift Take on Swift
Matthew Spoke, CEO @ Moves
Steve McLaughlin, FT Partners
Ryan Falvey #2, Financial Venture Studio
News(ish) #9: Lindsay Davis @ Atomic: NYDIG BTC Payroll, So Over the Over Drafts, and stuff
Craig J. Lewis (CEO) & Ethan Austin (CSO), GigWage
Kabir Kumar, Flourish Ventures
Ohad Samet #2, Co-Founder & CEO at TrueAccord
Joe Robinson, Co-Founder & CEO at Hummingbird
Daniel Kimerling, Founder & Managing Partner at Deciens
Trent Bigelow, Chief Executive Officer at Abound
Sanjib Kalita, Editor In Chief at Money20/20
Eke Urum, CEO @ Rise Vest - African Fintech Episode #1
Tobin Van Ostern, Co-Founder @ Savi - Turbo Tax for Student Loans
Edward O'Brien, CEO @ eMoney Advisor
Jordan Wright, CEO @ Atomic - Payroll APIs, Infrastructure, and Being a Good Human
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