casper wong of financeit presents lessons learned the hard way

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Casper Wong 3 Lessons Learned @wongcasper Dec 2015 TechTO

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Page 1: Casper Wong of FinanceIT presents Lessons Learned The Hard Way

Casper Wong3 Lessons Learned

@wongcasperDec 2015 TechTO

Page 2: Casper Wong of FinanceIT presents Lessons Learned The Hard Way

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Financeit is a platform that helps businesses to increase their sales by

allowing them to offer consumer financing from any device

Page 3: Casper Wong of FinanceIT presents Lessons Learned The Hard Way

Before Fintech was a word.

Over 4,000 businesses using the platform today

Processed over $1billion in loans

Over 75 people on the team, looking for 16 more

Closed a $13.5MM Series A in 2013

Just closed our Series B

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Since launching in Jan of 2011

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Figure out the “Why?”

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Focus and knowing when to say No

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Build a Performance Culture

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“An entrepreneur is someone who jumps off a cliff and builds a plane on the way down”