Episodios

  • Episode 313 (remote) Gangesh Ganesan from PeerNova
    May 14 2020

    This episode was produced remotely using the ListenDeck standardized audio production system.

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    In this episode the host John Siracusa chats remotely with Gangesh Ganesan, co-founder and CEO of PeerNova. PeerNova's platform has an active data governance tool that enables end-to-end trust and transparency of data and business flows. PeerNova is headquartered in Silicon Valley technology company with additional offices in New York and London.

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    Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear next Tuesdays in-studio interview recorded pre-Covid19 with Jason Guss from Octane Lending.

    About the host:

    John, is the host of the 'Bank On It' podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC. He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry. Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to 'Bank On It', 'Before the A'

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    29 m
  • Special MIT miniseries episode #2 How a clean energy initiative led to the evolution of fintech at MIT
    Feb 25 2021

    This special miniseries on MIT was directed, narrated and produced by John Siracusa & ListenDeck podcast production.

    In this episode you'll hear from Bill Aulet Managing Director, The Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, who takes us on the journey of how a clean energy initiative evolved MIT into fintech.

    John, is the host of the 'Bank On It' podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin and Million Dollar Startup, a pitch competition podcast. He's also the founder of the remotely recorded, studio quality standardized podcast production system ListenDeck.

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    21 m
  • Episode 194 Michael Ou from CoolBitX
    Feb 19 2019

    Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.

    You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio

    In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Michael Ou, CEO, CoolbitX and chairman, SmartDisplayer Tech. CoolbitX has received $13 million in funding to date from investors such as SBI Group, SBI Group began in 1999 as SoftBank Investment, a division of Softbank. Softbank founder Masayoshi Son considered to be one of the top investors in the world, invested early in companies such as AliBaba and Flipkart.

    CoolBitX has a mobile hardware wallet for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, and ERC20 Tokens. AML and KYC is baked into the product by providing crypto exchanges with physical wallet to mail to customers.

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    Subscribe now on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear Thursday's episode with Gil Beyda from Genacast Ventures.

    About the host:

    John is the host of the twice-weekly "Bank On It" podcast recorded onsite at offices of Carpenter Group, a creative services agency focused on the financial services industry. He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry.

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    12 m
  • Nugget of the week - The Hard Pivot is Leadership
    Dec 4 2019
    About this Nugget: This nugget was pulled from episode 227 from my interview with Sankaet Pathak from Synapse. It's on leadership and making the hard decisions. Subscribe to Bank On It on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio and you'll get these nuggets delivered every Wednesday morning. In this nugget we have Sankaet Pathak from Synapse, this nugget is on leadership by making the unpopular and difficult strategic decisions. Every day We hear and see plenty of leadership posts on what great leaders do compared to bad ones. In reality the lines between good and bad leaders is not clear. It can get muddy for leaders making important strategic decisions which are unpopular at times and can be mentally and physically draining, yet, sometimes everything is riding on that decision. Sometimes the crazy decisions pay off, while in others they cause or speedup the demise of an organization. Welcome to being a leader, being a great one is not up to you or anyone else for that matter, it's about having a goal and accomplishing that goal. I know I'm oversimplifying it, since leadership isn't a single thing, but if you boil it all down and distill it, being a great leader is within having the ability to make results a reality. As they say, talk is cheap and actions speak louder than words. Sankaet has done this twice at Synapse and we share one here in this nugget. What is a nugget of the week?: The host John Siracusa has recorded over 270 episodes as the host of the Bank On It & Before the A fintech podcasts where he interviews founders building the future of fintech and the VCS/Angels who fund them. With each interview there's this wow moment when the person interviewed has shared something really special, unique or a reminder on how founders or investors should think. So, here we are delivering those moments to you in the form of a bite sized nugget. About Sankaet Pathak: Sankaet is CEO of Synapse. His first foray into the fintech startup world. About the host: John, is the host of the 'Bank On It' podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at Carpenter Group, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC. He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry. Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to 'Bank On It', 'Before the A' Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium
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    8 m
  • Episode 274 Michael Stephan from Raisin
    Dec 3 2019

    Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.

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    In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Michael Stephan, co-founder and COO at Raisin. This episode was recorded live onsite during the Canada Fintech Forum in Montreal. Raisin is a pan-European deposit marketplace located in Berlin, Germany. They've raised about $200 Million to date from investors such as Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital.

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    Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear Thursday's episode with Janos Barberis, Darryl Hicks from Flexpay, Cactus Raazi from Elefant and Gerti Dervishi from Flybits.

    About the host:

    John, is the host of the 'Bank On It' podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at Carpenter Group, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC. He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry. Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to 'Bank On It', 'Before the A'

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    26 m
  • Nugget of the week - Being an Humanitarian Makes a Better Entrepreneur
    Nov 27 2019

    About this Nugget:

    This nugget was pulled from episode 147 from an interview with Nathan Richardson. It's on taking time off, helping people in need and coming back a better entrepreneur.

    Subscribe to Bank On It on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio and you'll get these nuggets delivered every Wednesday morning.

    In this nugget we have Nathan Richardson, at the time of recording the interview he was in the middle of building TradeIT, a company he's since had a successful exit from. He was burnt out, so he went to Libya to help rebuild the infrastructure, such as schools, fresh water and supported women who faced gender based violence. Helping people in such need gave him the strength to come back and build again.

    What is a nugget of the week?:

    The host John Siracusa has recorded over 270 episodes as the host of the Bank On It & Before the A fintech podcasts where he interviews founders building the future of fintech and the VCS/Angels who fund them.

    With each interview there's this wow moment when the person interviewed has shared something really special, unique or a reminder on how founders or investors should think. So, here we are delivering those moments to you in the form of a bite sized nugget.

    About Nathan Richardson:

    Nathan has had multiple successful exits and led humanitarian efforts in post conflict countries such as Libya.

    About the host:

    John, is the host of the 'Bank On It' podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at Carpenter Group, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC. He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry. Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to 'Bank On It', 'Before the A'

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    8 m
  • Episode 273 Maria Gotsch from Fintech Innovation Lab & Partnership Fund for New York City
    Nov 26 2019

    Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.

    You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.

    In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Maria Gotsch, President & CEO of the Partnership Fund for New York City and Co-founder of the Fintech Innovation Lab. The FinTech Innovation Lab is a 12-week program that helps early-to growth-stage startup companies refine and test their value proposition with the support of the world's leading financial service firms.

    You can Apply to the program now, deadline is December 2nd.

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    Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear next Tuesday's episode with Michael Stephan from Raisin.

    About the host:

    John, is the host of the 'Bank On It' podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at Carpenter Group, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC. He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry. Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to 'Bank On It', 'Before the A'

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    32 m
  • Episode 272 Peter Misek from Framework Venture Partners
    Nov 21 2019

    Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.

    You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.

    In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Peter Misek, co-founder and partner at Framework Venture Partners. This episode was recorded live onsite during the Canada Fintech Forum in Montreal. Framework Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that helps founding teams and CEOs build world-class companies it combines a data-driven investment decision process with a high-touch collaborative engagement model designed to help entrepreneurs and CEOs in high-growth global market segments scale.

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    Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear next Tuesday's episode with Maria Gotsch from Partnership Fund for New York City and Fintech Innovation Lab.

    About the host:

    John, is the host of the 'Bank On It' podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at Carpenter Group, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC. He's a highly sought after fintech, VC and financial services industry enthusiast and connector. He's in the center of the fintech ecosystem, keeping current with the ever-innovating industry. Stay in the fintech know by subscribing to 'Bank On It', 'Before the A'

    Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

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    31 m