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Enough Is Enough: Income and Happiness

Posted on January 29, 2019August 12, 2019 by uripomerantz

This blog post is dedicated to Jack Bogle – a life well lived. Jack Bogle passed away recently, and in his wake, left the world a better place – for tens of millions of middle class families that have used the index fund and the investment philosophy he’s developed to become investors for the first…

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A Fintech Guide To New Year’s Resolutions

Posted on December 19, 2018December 19, 2018 by uripomerantz

Our work in fintech is challenging and meaningful – it has the grueling and riveting ups and downs of startup work, along with transformative potential for the lives of our customers – all set against a backdrop of regulatory changes, ethical decisions about products and pricing, and a host of other issues unique to our…

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Universal Basic Consumption

Posted on December 10, 2018 by uripomerantz

Over 15 years ago, in the midst of a trip to the Middle East to speak with small business owners, I learned one of my first practical lessons in real world economics. Months earlier, I had co-founded a non-partisan, not for profit micro-finance institution focused on creating new businesses for Palestinians and Israelis who had…

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About

I’m the co-founder and CEO of Grupago – social commerce and SMB lending, starting in Mexico.

To learn more drop us a note at hola@grupago.mx

I previously worked in venture capital as a Venture Partner with Jackson Square Ventures.

Throughout my career, I’ve worked in fintech and entrepreneurship for two decades – as a founder and at Fortune 500 companies. 

As a founder, I’ve built a startup acquired by a Fortune 500 company (John Hancock), built a startup with the parent company (Twine), and founded a microfinance organization (Jozoor Microfinance).

With Fortune 500 companies, I’ve developed strategy (McKinsey), led strategic partnerships and new ventures (John Hancock), and in engineering and business development (Microsoft).

I studied at Stanford (symbolic systems and MBA) and Harvard (masters in international economic development).

And wow, since you made it this far, here’s my favorite quote:

“In the end, enjoying life’s experiences is the only rational thing to do…

You’re sitting on a planet spinning around in the middle of absolutely nowhere.

You’re floating in empty space in a universe that goes on forever.

If you’re going to be here, enjoy the experience.”

– From the book The Untethered Soul

Recent Posts

  • Be ambitious when others are fearful
  • Sigue construyendo
  • Agora é a hora de ser ambicioso quando outros estão com medo
  • The Disciplined Startup in an Undisciplined Market
  • The Pre-Mortem for Founders & Funders
  • Your startup is not a “deal”​ to me
  • Nail Your Series A Pitch: Story, State, Simplicity
  • Investing in Our Evolution
  • What founders can learn when a VC asks “How Can I Help?”​
  • Why Great Board Members Don’t Make Recommendations
  • The Gray Zone
  • Your Board as a Braintrust
  • Public.com: One simple UX choice. A massive behavioral finance opportunity.
  • Robinhood: Elon Musk, bad incentives, and the solve (and ok, let’s throw in blockchain)
  • In Times of Froth, Choose Your Venture Investors Wisely
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