Alpha Beta Launch | Fintech Founder Stories

In this episode, we speak to the team at Sloan: Bryan Harris, Co-Founder, Angie Mayer, Co-Founder & Alec Tremaine, Chief Technical Officer

Show Notes

One out of 4 Americans has a student loan, is a co-signer, or is affected by one in other ways. That’s roughly 45 million people. These are individuals like Bryan Harris, CEO and co-founder of SLOAN. He noticed that while it had gotten way easier to get paid (Zelle, Venmo, others), paying down a debt has remained very difficult as if debt collectors preferred it that way. Bryan had been looking for years for a company that would help him organize and pay down his student loan. He wasn’t able to find one, so he decided to start one himself - with a twist! Today, SLOAN is a financial technology platform that blends payment solutions and charitable giving to efficiently manage your student loans. Think Venmo meets GoFundMe. Listen to the 3 senior executives talk about what it took to turn this simple idea into a reality. Learn from their experience creating a fintech app. Hear how critical it is to iterate and refine your plans. How to run a shoestring operation with money from friends and family and how to overcome the difficulties of securing funding. About the importance of spending time on getting the foundation of your business 100% right. And why “Why?” is the most important question to ask when starting a company.  
 
Links
https://www.facebook.com/SloanApp
https://twitter.com/sloanapp
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sloanapp/
 
Website for Services
https://www.sloanapp.com/
 
This podcast was created by Sila and is hosted by Emmy-award winning broadcast journalist Katie Boer. Sila is a fintech software platform that provides payment infrastructure as a service, a business-critical element for companies whose software has to integrate with the US banking system and blockchain quickly, securely, and in full compliance with US regulations. To learn more visit silamoney.com. #PoweredbySila 
 
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What is Alpha Beta Launch | Fintech Founder Stories?

Launching your own company in the financial tech industry is a lot of work! You start with this crazy idea. Maybe it’s a passion project, or something that gives you purpose. Maybe you're building a business based on necessity by creating software or solutions that don’t currently exist. The concept is as exciting as it is terrifying, but it doesn’t have to be. In Alpha Beta Launch we talk to founders and CEO who all started from the exact same place, an idea.