article thumbnail

Fintech Roundup: How going Fast and furious can ruin your startup

TechCrunch

Welcome to my weekly fintech-focused column. The big events in the fintech world over the last week felt like a very different vibe from 2021, which was filled with mega rounds, celebrations and lofty valuations. Humility should not be seen as a weakness, in my humble opinion, but more of a strength.

Fintech 263
article thumbnail

How to hire the right product manager for your IT needs

CIO

IT organizations are increasingly shifting from project-based organizational structures to product-based methodologies , which involve cross-functional teams. We spoke to a host of experts, including product managers and those who supervise, hire, and mentor them, about what you should be looking for if you’re hiring a new PM for your team.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

9 tips for recruiting high-end IT talent

CIO

CIOs, and their recruiting teams, are well aware. As Seth Dobbs, CTO at Bounteous, explains, “We do creative work. But in talent acquisition, we create a brand that reaches an adjacent audience, to promote our opportunities to innovative spaces like AI, ML, fintech, cloud, and SaaS,” says Beck.

article thumbnail

The Interchange: Things go from bad to worse at Better.com

TechCrunch

Welcome back to The Interchange, the weekly TechCrunch series that looks at the latest — and what’s ahead — in the global fintech industry. While the pandemic sucked on 1,000 different levels, one silver lining is that consumers and businesses have forced more fintech to exist, and that’s a good thing. . The Better.com saga continues.

article thumbnail

This new app is helping Gen Z invest in cars, food, video games and other ‘themes’

TechCrunch

Upon completing graduate school, he began working as investment banker at Goldman Sachs and then as a financial advisor for pro athletes for NBA stars Chris Paul and Stephen Curry as well as Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman. . from Columbia Business School so that he could work in the field.

Games 214
article thumbnail

Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna — the Swedish fintech “buy now, pay later” sensation that is currently Europe’s most valuable private tech company — is dismissive of the suggestion that non U.S. “We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. Siemiatkowski still owns an 8.1

article thumbnail

Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna — the Swedish fintech “buy now, pay later” sensation that is currently Europe’s most valuable private tech company — is dismissive of the suggestion that non U.S. “We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. Siemiatkowski still owns an 8.1