Podcasts about innotribe

In this episode of One Vision — FinTech Fuse! Theo is joined by industry veteran Nektarios Liolios, a pioneering force in the field of fintech. Nektarios shares his journey from Innotribe and Startupbootcamp, to Rainmaker and his work with founders. He delves into the intrinsic challenges founders face, the often-overlooked mental health aspects, and the high pressure environment within the fintech and startup ecosystem. From corporate innovation to entrepreneurship, this insightful conversation lays bare the realities and resilience needed to thrive in this demanding industry. Essential listening for anyone interested in the inside workings of fintech, startup culture, and the human aspects often left in the shadows.Hot take: Do we care about entrepreneurs as individuals?

In this episode of One Vision — FinTech Fuse! Theo is joined by industry veteran Nektarios Liolios, a pioneering force in the field of fintech. Nektarios shares his journey from Innotribe and Startupbootcamp, to Rainmaker and his work with founders. He delves into the intrinsic challenges founders face, the often-overlooked mental health aspects, and the high pressure environment within the fintech and startup ecosystem. From corporate innovation to entrepreneurship, this insightful conversation lays bare the realities and resilience needed to thrive in this demanding industry. Essential listening for anyone interested in the inside workings of fintech, startup culture, and the human aspects often left in the shadows.Hot take: Do we care about entrepreneurs as individuals? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Strategy consultant Jennifer Sertl is an internationally recognized influencer in social media and the president and founder of Agility3R, a leadership development company. In 2010, she co-wrote a book: Strategy, Leadership, and the Soul: Resilience, responsiveness and reflection for a global economy. Ahead of its time, the book set out the new era of digitized, hyperconnected globalisation and explored what this meant for leaders, business strategy and communication.       In this illuminating conversation, Cat, Jen and Dom discuss the importance of authenticity in internal communication, not least in the age of generative AI. As we navigate continuous change and market ambiguity, Jennifer's insights have lots to offer progressively-minded internal communicators. Takeaways Authentic leadership involves understanding one's essence and values. Soulful communication is essential in the workplace. AI cannot replace the need for trust and human connection. Language and conversation have the power to shift perspectives and shape leadership. Creating a safe space for leaders to practice and learn is crucial. Authentic leadership requires curiosity, vulnerability, and the ability to listen and learn. Leaders need to trust themselves and create environments where others can trust themselves as well. The traditional MBA model and hierarchical structures may not be sustainable in the changing landscape of work. Internal communicators play a crucial role in understanding the business model, using language effectively, and humanising the audience. Effective leadership communication is about building community, asking great questions, and being true to oneself. About Jennifer Sertl Strategy consultant Jennifer Sertl is an internationally recognized influencer in social media and the president and founder of Agility3R, a leadership development company. She is dedicated to strengthening strategic skills and helping leaders become more resilient, responsive, and reflective. Jennifer co-authored Strategy, Leadership, and the Soul and the Upstate Founders Playbook. Named one of the top 100 innovative thinkers by Hatch A Better World in 2013, she is also an alumni of Innotribe, SWIFT's innovation think tank. Currently, Jennifer serves as Director of Marketing for Circle Optics, Inc., creators of the only seamless 360 imaging system camera. She is also Chief Marketing Officer for Say Hii, an AI tool that increases productivity and wellbeing for market-leading organizations. Additionally, Jennifer is an Adjunct Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, where she teaches Innovation.    

In This Episode Jennifer Sertl, Founder Agility3R, hosts a dynamic panel at SIBOS 2023 with the dream team of Dr. Leda Glyptis, #LedaWrites; Tom Zschach, CIO, SWIFT; and Brett King, certainly no introduction needed here!, sitting in the panelists seats for Innotribe's Future of Money. We're in the midst of a transition, money historically has been the universal medium of exchange, a unit that signifies worth. As we venture deeper into the 21st century, the notion has been broadened and reshaped with tech advances, decentralized finance and other digital assets changing the concept of money and challenging the essence of value exchange. This transition extends to how value is perceived, created and distributed. It's the last of its class ... next year it's the Future of Value!

In this bonus episode recorded at Sibos, we talk to the women of Innotribe, the fintech innovation space at the annual transaction banking conference. We learn from founders, CEOs and innovators about how they experience working within this most innovative of financial sectors. Chapter 1 Rebecca Hackworth, head of communications, QuantChapter 2 Marijke Koninckx, chief product officer, Bankifi Chapter 3 Bianca Lopes, founder, Idea Fund Chapter 4 Ulyana Shtybel, CEO, Quoroom Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This one requires no introduction - SIBOS is back, the dominant conference of the industry since '78 and 8 stages, and #BBE will be live at the venue interviewing the industry leaders building the landscape of innovation. But first, what can you expect from the conference after this digital hiatus? How will SIBOS break through and continue to be relevant still in 2022? Matteo Rizzi (Executive Producer but also ex.SWIFT and co-founder of Innotribe) is hosting this show that welcomes Jaime Lee and Nick Kerigan, to unmute their mics on this special episode of Breaking Banks Europe. More on our guests:Jaime Lee, Head of Sibos and SWIFT EventsConnect: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaime-lee-530a0230/ Nick Kerigan - Head of Innovation, SWIFTConnect: linkedin.com/in/nick-kerigan/swift.com

In this episode, Karim speaks to Matteo Rizzi, FinTech Investor. Innotribe Co-Founder, ex SWIFT, Co-Founder FinTechStage.com. Matteo talks about the benefits of hiring talent with an entrepreneurial spirit and what executives need to do to nurture in-house talent. ABOUT MATTEO RIZZI Matteo is an unconventional entrepreneur and a book author with two decades of experience in Financial Services. For three years in a row (2014-2016), Financial News has nominated Matteo as one of the "40 most influential FinTech executives in Europe". In 2008 he co-founded Innotribe, the innovation arm of SWIFT, where Matteo worked for 13 years. He also launched the Innotribe Startup Challenge, the first global deal flow of its kind. He left SWIFT in 2013. From 2013 until 2015, Matteo was a Partner in SBT Venture Capital, one of the first funds (100M USD) solely dedicated to FinTech investment (Series A), building a portfolio of 12 start-ups. In 2015, Matteo created and co-founded www.FinTechStage.com, a platform for Investors, Innovators and start-ups to foster FinTech innovation globally, with some 50+ missions and events all over the world. Matteo founded the Timepledge.org initiative, a global program helping African entrepreneurs in several business domains, from product to strategy to channels management to investors pitching. He is the author or The FinTech Revolution (EGEAN, 2016, ITA) and Talent&Rebels (HOEPLI, 2019, ENG and ITA). Recently, Matteo took the position of Executive Producer of Breaking Banks Europe (a spin-off of Breaking Banks US) available on Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify and Google Play. Matteo lives in Estoril (Portugal) speaks five languages, holds a University degree in Computer Science (University of Genova) and a Postgraduate in Financial Transactions (Solvay Business School). ------------------------------------------------------------- ** MATTEO'S LINKS** Read Matteo's book - Talents & Rebels: Dealing with Corporate Misfits Follow Matteo on Twitter - https://twitter.com/matteorizzi (@matteorizzi) Follow Matteo on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/matteorizziofficial/ (@Matteorizziofficial) Visit Matteo Rizzi's website - http://matteorizzi.me (http://matteorizzi.me) ----------------------------------------------------------------- **FOLLOW US** INSTAGRAM - www.instagram.com/activeintworld TWITTER - https://twitter.com/ActiveIntlUK (twitter.com/ActiveIntlUK) KARIM - https://twitter.com/karimkanji (twitter.com/karimkanji) PODCAST WEBSITE - www.thewhatsnextpodcast.com

Marta Cruz es co-fundadora y directora de NXTP Ventures, firma de venture capital que invierte en compañías de base tecnológica de etapa temprana en América Latina. Su misión es apoyar a equipos fundadores excepcionales que tienen una visión ambiciosa de crear los nuevos líderes de mercado con altas barreras de entrada. Actualmente cuenta con un portfolio de 130 startups activas, de base tecnológica, originarias de 16 países. Fue presidente de ARCAP, Asociación de Capital Privado, Emprendedor y Semilla de Argentina, y fue seleccionada como PowerWomen en Fintech por Innotribe. Promueve la igualdad de oportunidades y es una fuerte promotora de la mujer emprendedora, conduciendo la iniciativa para la creación del Día de la Mujer Emprendedora en América Latina y el Caribe y recientemente fundo WeInvest la comunidad de mujeres INVERSORAS CON FOCO EN LATAM.

The original version of this video, featuring both Brad Templeton and Jennifer Schenker as well, is at https://youtu.be/0HW6yIgriiQ (SIBOS) and https://youtu.be/H9EM_ZIwc38 (my channel). Our world is entering a period of truly transformative change. Gerd Leonhard, CEO of The Futures Agency, and Brad Templeton, one of the world's experts in self-driving cars, discuss how humanity will change more in the next 20 years than the previous 300. Thanks to SIBOS and INNOTRIBE for asking Gerd Leonhard to speak and making this video available to us. More details about event at https://gerd.fm/2lQUMeS If you enjoy Gerd's podcasts, videos and talks, please take a look at my recent book “Technology vs Humanity” www.techvshuman.com or buy it via Amazon gerd.fm/globalTVHamazon - the book is available in 12 languages.

Everyone should have equal access to the building blocks of prosperity. We must strive to create more opportunities for people to truly thrive, to create an environment without economically induced fears or setbacks. Simply being included in the formal banking system will never be enough. Being fully embraced by the full arsenal of services provided by the financial system is what is required.But gaining that access is uneven at best, and geared toward the very wealthy at worst. Think back to when you were born, and more specifically where you were born. On our planet, there are seven and a half billion people. Everybody has a different journey, a different choose your own adventure if you will, yet one whose starting point no one gets to choose.This is why we must strive to make banking better. In this episode Bradley Leimer talks with Kosta Peric, Deputy Director, Financial Services for the Poor at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation about his background at SWIFT and Innotribe, and the Gates Foundation’s new open source payments platform, Mojaloop, and the different ways they are focused on meeting the financial services needs of the poor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Everyone should have equal access to the building blocks of prosperity. We must strive to create more opportunities for people to truly thrive, to create an environment without economically induced fears or setbacks. Simply being included in the formal banking system will never be enough. Being fully embraced by the full arsenal of services provided by the financial system is what is required.But gaining that access is uneven at best, and geared toward the very wealthy at worst. Think back to when you were born, and more specifically where you were born. On our planet, there are seven and a half billion people. Everybody has a different journey, a different choose your own adventure if you will, yet one whose starting point no one gets to choose.This is why we must strive to make banking better. In this episode Bradley Leimer talks with Kosta Peric, Deputy Director, Financial Services for the Poor at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation about his background at SWIFT and Innotribe, and the Gates Foundation’s new open source payments platform, Mojaloop, and the different ways they are focused on meeting the financial services needs of the poor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We bring you this special episode of Breaking Banks, interviewing Innes McLeod, head of the Innotribe initiative at #SIBOS2019. We talk Professor Brian Cox and his opening keynote, we talk the discovery zone, how Fintechs have shaped #Sibos this year and last minute preparations in London.

This is an excerpt from the complete SIBOS TV Interview. Watch the Interview: https://youtu.be/c3FGFtvkYyY Thanks to Sibos and Innotribe for making video available. This interview covers a wide range of topics related to Gerd Leonhard's new book 'Technology vs Humanity', including privacy, artificial intelligence, the end of dying, digital ethics, the future of money, the United States of Europe, cyber-security, autonomous vehicles and much more. Visit www.techvshuman.com to find out more about Gerd's book. Most of Gerd's films, keynotes. presentations and slideshows can be downloaded via www.gerdcloud.net If you enjoy Gerd Leonhard's podcasts, videos and talks, please take a look at his recent book “Technology vs Humanity” www.techvshuman.com or buy it via Amazon gerd.fm/globalTVHamazon - the book is available in English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean and French (and more to come soon).

Sam welcomes us into the Fintech Insider flat, our temporary base while we explored this year's Sibos conference, hosted by SWIFT. He's joined by some fantastic guests - Mike Sigal from 500 FinTechs (part of 500 Startups), Dion Lisle from CapGemini, Jo Lang from IBM, and April Rudin from The Rudin Group - to talk about the state of Canadian fintech. First, the guys talk about the conference circuit and discuss their standout experiences of Sibos, including Sam's interview with Brad Garlinghouse, CEO at Ripple. We hear how Innotribe started out, and how it's evolved since then. Plus, which topics pulled the biggest crowds; how did distributed ledger technology (DLT) fare at Sibos; and why describing yourself as "the Uber of..." might just make you a moron! Are the prices in the payments industry on a race to zero? And why might banks be struggling to bank fintechs? We also hear why some fintech Blockchain "experts" might be talking, um, nonsense, and what might have been the secret to Stripe's success? And it's no surprise that we're talking about Jamie Dimon's views on Blockchain and Bitcoin once more. Think he's spot on or way off? Let us know! Plus, why talking ICOs might make Sam shoot himself. Despite that, we do speculate about the future of cryptocurrencies. The guys talk asset management, how spending patterns have changed across generations, and the transfer of wealth. Also, how have data and ethics impacted investment decisions? Enjoy the show! Spread the word, tell all your friends and don't forget to leave us a review on iTunes. If you want to get in touch, drop us a line at podcasts@11fs.com or on Twitter @FintechInsiders and follow us on Facebook. Special Guests: April Rudin, Dion Lisle, Jo Lang, and Mike Sigal.

Nektarios Liolios is the Startupbootcamp FinTech Managing Director. Worked in the financial industry since 1997 in various guises. From 2010 – 2013 with Innotribe, “enabling collaborative innovation in the financial industry”: connecting bankers, investors, startups and everybody in between via the Innotribe Startup Challenge and all things Innotribe. https://www.startupbootcamp.org/mentors/nektarios-liolios/ Startup Bootcamp is a global family of industry-focused programs.They support early-stage tech founders to rapidly scale their companies by providing direct access to an international network of the most relevant mentors, partners, and investors in their industry. As each program focuses on an industry, they are able to provide an unmatched level of support to the startups selected into our programs. https://www.startupbootcamp.org/ In this episode: What are the main parts every business needs their ecosystem to have to succeed. Why cohort based systems bring together the best results for programs like accelerators How to work with banks, their regulations and to fulfill their needs through tools they want, but don’t have Find places where action is currently happening and innovate and build there

Peter Vander Auwera is een denker. Hij heeft al veel nagedacht over innovatie en verandering. Maar Peter is ook een creatieve doener. Hij maakt schilderijen en gedichten. Een op het eerste gezicht vreemde combinatie. Maar dan ken je Peter niet. Peter werkt bij SWIFT. Een internationale financiële organisatie. Binnen dit bedrijf startte Peter met een erg inspirerend initiatief: Innotribe. Een community waar de financiële leiders van vandaag en de grote denkers van morgen samenkomen om te kijken hoe ze de financiële wereld ten goede kunnen veranderen. Met Innotribe bracht Peter deze mensen samen op wat hij zelf noemt ‘hoge kwaliteit-ontmoetingsplatformen’ . Om van elkaar te leren, om conversaties te starten, om terug te durven dromen. Peter leeft en werkt op het snijveld van business transformatie en kunst. Sinds begin dit jaar heeft hij een Sabbitical, een periode waarin hij vrij neemt en even afstand neemt van zijn dagelijkse werkzaamheden bij Swift.

This is an excerpt from the complete SIBOS TV see https://youtu.be/c3FGFtvkYyY This to Sibos and Innotribe for making video available. This interview covers a wide range of topics related to my new book 'Technology vs Humanity', including privacy, artificial intelligence, the end of dying, digital ethics, the future of money, the United States of Europe, cyber-security, autonomous vehicles and much more. Visit www.techvshuman.com to find out more about Gerd Leonhard's book.

Good morning, welcome to Payments Monitor, my name is Faisal Khan, today is the 14th of October 2015, some trending stories today are: TOP STORIES Hyperledger, a Blockchain startup who’s co-founders are based out of China and the US, just got their first big break. At Innotribe in Singapore, Hyperledger won the $50,000 Innotribe startup prize. Hyperledger is a distributed ledger that allows banks and other financial institutions to clear and settle financial transactions in real-time. The hits just keep on coming, the US charity shop chain America’s Thrift Stores just reported a data-breach, as per a press-release, the hacks originated from somewhere in Eastern Europe. With a recent trademark filing by LG (Lucky Goldstar) for a product called GPay, there is now speculation if the Korean company would be entering the payments market and be offering payments on its mobile devices. A quick search of the NMLS database shows no money transmitter licenses awarded to LG. Goldman Sachs role in 1 Malaysia Development (1MDB) transactions are now being probed by the FBI and US Justice department. As you may recall 1MDB is the state development fund of Malaysia that is in trouble over its $11 Billion debt and payout to the standing Prime Minister of Malaysia. UK Jobless rate drops to pre-crisis levels to 5.4 percent, the lowest since early 2008. The data offers some assurance that the UK economy is growing despite the global slow down and market turmoil in China. JP Morgan Chase’s 3rd quarter earnings were mix, but there was good news on the mobile side of things. The US banking giant now reports that it has surpassed 22 Million active mobile customers. In the early morning today, its all red on the markets, everything seems to be down as investors digest earnings. BLOG OPINION There is a crisis brewing in Brazil, and everyone knows about it. Bloomberg has a great 3 series article that you must read on Brazil, why it is scaring bankers and wiping out jobs. It seems nothing is going right for the 9th largest economy in the world. STARTUP OF THE WEEK… The startup of this week is TawiPay, started by brothers Broid (Francois and Pascal) and their friend Laurent Oberholzer, the Swiss startup is all about money transfer (i.e. remittances). They offer a very nice comparison engine, along with a data observatory for all things money transfer. All the links referenced on this website can be accessed at faisalkhan.com/podcast. That’s all for today, my name is Faisal Khan and you’ve been listening to the Payments Monitor.

Today, we host Peter Vander Auwera. HE is the founder of Innotribe and Corporate Rebels United. He shares what he has learnt from running an innovation incubator, where, failure is not an option. We talk about Different types of Innovations Collaborative Innovation Incremental Innovation The importance of building a Portfolio of Innovation projects The importance of alignment in the organisation for innovation to foster Evaluating How real is your innovation What are the capabilities that we need to build in our organisations to foster innovation Why its important to measure the inputs to the innovation process vs outputs Key Capabilities Indicators instead of Key Performance Indicators Open Innovation Innovation as a funnel is an illusion Innovation is not linear Innovation is about 10% ideation & 90% execution Where do most innovation efforts fail? How do you get the ideas out of the sandbox & back into the core team The Castle and the Sandbox – Book Create high quality learning loops and at scale IT was a lot of fun and learnt a ton. You can reach Peter on twitter @PeterVan This episode is brought to you by Audible. The kind folks at Audible will gift you an audiobook for free to try out their service if you go to www.audibletrial.com/PBTO. I would recommend a book called “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith. In this amazing book, read by the author himself, he shares us the secret to adult behaviour change and does it really well.  

Today, we host Peter Vander Auwera. HE is the founder of Innotribe and Corporate Rebels United. He shares what he has learnt from running an innovation incubator, where, failure is not an option. We talk about Different types of Innovations Collaborative Innovation Incremental Innovation The importance of building a Portfolio of Innovation projects The importance of alignment in the organisation for innovation to foster Evaluating How real is your innovation What are the capabilities that we need to build in our organisations to foster innovation Why its important to measure the inputs to the innovation process vs outputs Key Capabilities […]

Nektarios Liolios is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Startupbootcamp Fintech, the leading innovation program in the financial industry providing access to a global network of investors and VCs for up to 10 lucky startups selected. Nektarios himself has more than 15 years in business, having spent the last three with InnoTribe, running the Innotribe Startup Challenge. Items mentioned in today's show: 500 Startups: How to Pitch investUP: The Crowdfunding Supermarket What you will learn in today's episode: How Nektarios got into the world of tech accelerators? How Startupbootcamp Fintech varies from the traditional VC model? What makes the best pitches at Demo Days? What is the selection process to get accepted at Startupbootcamp? What can startups prepare to do before pitching to Startupbootcamp? What is the most common reason Nektarios says no to startups? What would Nektarios advise someone who is looking to find a co-founder? What sector is Nektarios most excited about for the future? What Nektarios thinks about the future of bitcoin? We then complete todays interview by having a quicker round where we hear Nektarios' thoughts on his favourite entrepreneur? The happiest moment Nektarios has enjoyed in his career? A day in the life of a Managing Director of a Startupbootcamp? What was Nektarios' most recent investment and why he said yes? For all the resources mentioned in today's show, head on over to www.thetwentyminutevc.com For any suggestions about future guests or questions you would like to hear, we would love to hear from you. If so email harry@thetwentyminutevc.com  

In the hot Fintech sector there are few places hotter than being a Fintech in a 3 month accelerator program. But what are they? What’s the inside track? What works well, what is surprising and how is it all changing? Plenty of dynamics to discuss in today’s episode with Nektarios Liolios, the co-founder of Startupbootcamp Fintech. Prior to that he had over a decade’s FS experience and in particular spent several years In charge of Swift’s Innotribe Startup Challenge. Many of you may not be familiar with that but you will certainly be familiar with some of the alumni of that program – real Fintech royalty such as Transferwise, Currency Cloud (more below the radar but the cognoscenti’s Fintech perhaps), and Azimo. So who better than Nektarios to “lift the bonnet” today? Startupbootcamp is a global network of industry focused startup accelerators. It was founded in Copenhagen in 2010 with the core idea of supporting the best entrepreneurs as they grow their startups. So it is a rara avis in terms of not coming out of the US tech scene. It is now the largest in Europe and one of the top 3 worldwide – another rare European triumph. They have helped 200 startups raise a total of over Eu64m creating well over 800 jobs and are in 8 locations worldwide. A Quick Overview of Accelerators, Incubators and Co-working Spaces Where did the accelerator concept come from? Naturally the west coast US tech scene and the likes of super-well-known Y Combinator and Tech Stars. Interestingly however in the fascinating Seedrankings research into US accelerator performance (pdf, wmv), whilst the best get great approval ratings, the participant in a median program would not recommend it to a friend. So clearly there is an art to doing this well. But backing up to the bigger picture – maybe you are unclear on what the difference is between an accelerator, an incubator and a co-working space. To a certain extent there is a spectrum … but broadly speaking an accelerator runs a specific program with a start date, an end date and a curriculum in between. You have to apply and enter a selection process to be accepted and will probably be given some small amount of funding in return for a small equity stake. Post-program you are out of the nest and into the real world (even if you then join their alumni group). As well as Startupbootcamp the premier London programs are Accenture’s Fintech Innovation Lab and Barclays Accelerator (in collaboration with Techstars). By contrast an incubator is like a warm nest that you don’t have to leave and will not run a specific program although to be called an incubator it really needs to have some value-added (events, mentors…).  Notable examples are Level 39 (where R5FX of LFP005 fame reside) and Innovation Warehouse (where Kwanji of LFP009 reside), A co-working space is just that – a co-working space – think a bit more focused/trendy version of Regus (notable ones in Fintech being Central Working and We Work (where Elliptic LFP003 now live)).  Again as there is something of a spectrum here some may do “value-adds” around the basic “space and desk” proposition. I guess on the even simpler level we have good old-fashioned “office space” – mind you nothing is without a twist of lemon in the modern world. So I would guess that Level 42 – part of the Level 39 proposition but much more “just office space” (Ignitr, LFP012, reside there in their own dedicated office space) might not want to be labelled “office space” perhaps. Incubators and accelerators in particular can have a different flavour depending on their funding. [In passing in the episode I refer to TechCrunch’s article “Corporate Accelerators are an Oxymoron” (in this context read Bank not Corporate)]. Naturally a single bank funds Barclay’s Accelerator… Single corporates fund (obviously again) Accenture’s accelerator program and (slightly less obviously perhaps) the Level39 incubator (which somewhat eccentrically/hyperbole sometimes calls itself an accelerator) funded by the Canary Wharf group Startupbootcamp’s accelerator is funded by multiple banks/FS-corporates as we hear in the show. Oh Yes, The Show All of that is pre-amble :-O … however getting terms straight (as we heard of LFP013 re “P2P”) is about half the battle right now after the explosion of press interest and consequent hype, spin and PR in 2014. Yes – the show – it’s great Listen to it! The episode’s key topics are: Swift’s vision post-2008 of alerting members to the changes in FS and the founding of Innotribe in 2009, whose mission was to enable collaborative innovation in the FS industry (and it’s easy to see how those deep roots have grown to where we are today) Nektarios’ time managing the Innotribe Startup challenge and how that laid the ground for the accelerators of today the main role of accelerators/incubators/co-working spaces being to provide a vehicle and a tool for startups; all of the ones out there right now are adding value accelerators as condensing/compressing timescales, what the value-adds are and what the key value-adds are within those Startupbootcamp’s pro-active (as well as passive/receptive) role in “getting out there” to attract and find startups to the program accelerators as being like a “mini-MBA at a practical level” (crossed with the Royal Marines :-D) the importance of “solid” in Fintech and more generally why Fintech is unlike tech; how Fintech bifurcates into what one might label FIN-tech and fin-TECH the funding of accelerators and what the practical benefits funders/sponsors get out of doing so; collaboration versus competition the challenges to banks right now as less that there are masses of Fintechs who are capable of damaging/destroying them and more that they don’t know how to use new technology and embrace it to their own benefit; and don’t know how to partner with small startups who do know [cf LFP012 “Gluing Fin & Tech Together”] Startupbootcamp Fintech’s global ambitions -  Singapore’s very recent launch and the next steps/ambitions/plans what would happen if you ran the Accelerator programs themselves through a meta-accelerator program to accelerate their development – what does the future look like in terms of greater speciation/focused-programs? what is needed for post-accelerator programs? Plenty in there and we end up with one of the most interesting angles … in the context of Nektarios’ deep background in this area what have been his two main surprises in the 2014 program? You’ll have to listen but they are definitely “inside track” points that you won’t come across readily elsewhere