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Capital as a Service: The Next Fintech Startup Opportunity

Posted on August 3, 2020 by uripomerantz

The global lending market is massive. In the U.S. alone, small businesses borrow over $600 billion annually and banks hold over $1.5 trillion in consumer loans. Yet despite market size, building a profitable, scalable lending startup is challenging because it requires running a capital markets business in addition to running one’s core business. Take LendingClub…

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Highest Contribution Entrepreneurship: 3 Questions Every CEO Should Ask

Posted on July 21, 2020 by uripomerantz

The keys to sustained success of every great company can be distilled down to three questions. Highest Contribution Strategy Question #1: Are we as a business working on our highest contribution strategic initiative? Amazon won the battle for the world’s biggest online book store before the company won the right to build Amazon Web Services….

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Dropping Into Wonder Before Dropping Into Work

Posted on July 2, 2020July 6, 2020 by uripomerantz

Lost in a Powerful Virtual Reality Headset Picture the scene: the pandemic is over and you find yourself at CES in Las Vegas. You enter the crowded floor and a shiny device in the center of the room immediately grabs your attention. It’s the most sophisticated virtual reality headset that has ever been invented. You…

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About

I’m a Venture Partner at Jackson Square Ventures.

I’ve worked in fintech and entrepreneurship for two decades – as a founder and Fortune 500 executive. I love helping entrepreneurs grow from seed to scale, especially in anti-hype fintech and enterprise.

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 worked as an engineer and in business development (Microsoft).

I studied at Stanford (engineering and MBA) and Harvard (international economic development).

All views are my own.

Recent Posts

  • GovTech SaaS: Navigating Unfair Advantages and Perils
  • Shoes in Auschwitz: Regaining Perspective on the Anniversary of World War II
  • The 10 Essentials of a Venture Scale Company
  • Capital as a Service: The Next Fintech Startup Opportunity
  • Highest Contribution Entrepreneurship: 3 Questions Every CEO Should Ask
  • Dropping Into Wonder Before Dropping Into Work
  • Why Life Insurance Should Look More Like a 401(k)
  • Love or Fear in America: Learning from Germany, Singapore, and Israel
  • The Robo-Advisor Escape Velocity Conundrum
  • Common Ground: A Founder’s Inner & Outer Worlds
  • The World I Want to Build: Dinner With Warren Buffett, An Ovarian Lottery, and COVID-19
  • Inside & Out: A Framework for Startup Recruiting, Sales, and Fundraising
  • Joining Jackson Square Ventures: Helping Founders Create Change
  • Failing Is a Feature
  • Choose Good
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