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20VC: Behind the Scenes at Y Combinator: The Interview Process | What the Best & Worst Do in the Program | Do the Best All Raise Pre-Demo Day & YC's Fundraising Advice to Startups | Why the Value is in Application Layer AI with Tom Blomfield
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MentionsY Combinator
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Tom Blomfield is a Group Partner at YC. Before YC, Tom founded two unicorns in the UK. He was co-founder of Monzo (most recently valued at $5BN), one of the first challenger banks in the UK. Monzo raised more than £1bn and counts 15% of the UK population as customers. Before Monzo, Tom founded… More on the show's page
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496. News: Tom Blomfield’s bittersweet departure & Marcus and Marqeta launch checking accounts
WithTom Blomfield
MentionsOctopus VenturesOliver PrillTosin Agbabiaka
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Our expert hosts, David Brear and Kate Moody, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Oliver Prill - CEO, Tide Tosin Agbabiaka - Early Stage Investor, Octopus Ventures. We also spkoe… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's page20VC: Monzo's Tom Blomfield on The 3 Phases of Startup Scaling, The Secret To Building a 1.2m Community with No Advertising & How To Use Boards As A Tool To Instil Operational Excellence
WithTom Blomfield
MentionsAccelHarj Taggar
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Tom Blomfield is the Founder & CEO @ Monzo , in it's simplest words, the bank of the future allowing you to open a full UK bank account in minutes, from your phone. To date, Tom has raised over $190m in funding for Monzo from the likes of Thrive, Accel, General Catalyst, Stripe, Mike Moritz and… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageEp. 168. Interview: Tom Blomfield - CEO, Monzo
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From pre-paid card to fully fledged Current Account, Tom Blomfield details the journey of UK challenger bank Monzo with great enthusiasm and vibrance. Tom talks our host Simon Taylor through Monzo's viral growth and how their marketing team has managed to grow the company 1000% in the last year… More on the show's page
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“There is no entrepreneurial gene”, says top VC and author of Start-up Century
MentionsBalderton CapitalHiroki TakeuchiJames WiseNikolay StoronskyTom Blomfield
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“There is no entrepreneurial gene, I don’t think,” says James Wise, partner at VC firm Balderton Capital and author of Start-Up-Century. He adds: “I don’t think it is in your DNA. But certainly, your upbringing and the role models you have around you do make a big difference.” Wise gives us the… More on the show's page
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AI is transforming the legal sector, but it can be a law unto itself – Robin AI founder Richard Robinson
MentionsGoogleTom Blomfield
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Richard Robinson, co-founder of Robin AI, discusses how artificial intelligence has the power to massively transform the legal sector – though not without considerable risks. The CEO explains why people will always be needed despite the rise of automation, how the government can regulate AI without… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's page385. News: Does anyone trust banks anymore?
MentionsTom Blomfield
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In the last Fintech Insider News show of the year expert hosts, David Brear and Simon Taylor, are joined by a panel of awesome guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. Making his Fintech Insider debut: Bradley Riss - Chief Commercial… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's page371. News: Monzo responds to BBC expose
MentionsJason BatesTom Blomfield
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Our expert hosts, David Brear and Kate Moody, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Tom Blomfield - CEO of Monzo Edoardo Volta - VP, Head of Fintechs at Mastercard James Butland -… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's page20VC: Why You Must Have A Customer Acquisition Strategy From Day 1, How To Test and Validate Ideas At Speed & Why You Should Speak To Investors Before Starting Work On Your Idea with Kulveer Taggar, Founder @ CEO @ Zeus Living
MentionsKulveer TaggarFloodgateNaval RavikantPatrick CollisonY CombinatorJames Currier
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Kulveer Taggar is the Founder & CEO @ Zeus Living , the startup providing a home of your own for business travel with smartly furnished homes for extended stays. To date, Kul has raised over $14m in VC funding from some dear friends of the show in the form of Garry and Alexis @ Initialized, James… More on the show's page
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