Podcast appearances and mentions of Jared Hecht

Any business owner will tell you that owning your own business is a lot of work. If you listen to stories of the how and why of different businesses, it will amaze you to hear the twists and turns that a lot of people have gone through to get to that place. Business owners are as varied as the different types of businesses. They have different reasons for getting into business - some are moving away from a career they didn’t like, or are moving toward the start of a great idea. They have different experiences with work, consuming products and financial resources. They also have different levels of tolerance for risk. But, how can you mitigate your exposure to risk? Many believe that franchises are the way to go. Today we look at franchises with one the most successful franchise experts in the country, Gus Iurillo of The Entrepreneur's Source. Gus will give us tips for choosing a franchise, and what to watch out for. Failure is possible. Franchisees do fail. You have the opportunity to determine what those possible failure patterns are and take steps to guard against them. Here are just a few: Inept franchisees. Franchisee reluctance to follow the formula. Misalignment between the franchisee and franchisor. Lack of funds. Poor people skills. Gus has developed a process for his clients to follow. He guides them through the decision making process. Gus and his clients look for fit, adequate resources, support offered from corporate, etc. What You Need To Do - THE HOW Do your research. Know your numbers. Determine the amount you are comfortable with risking. Look at the market, industry, and franchise ups and downs. Learn the lingo. Research the different franchises. Determine which are the recession proof. Begin the application process. Set up your discovery day meeting. Bring your questions along with your growth mindset. Apply for financing. Hire a reputable business attorney (I recommend Scott Simmons.) to review the contracts. Get the training and support you need to succeed. At this point, I have to recommend Gus Iurillo of The Entrepreneur’s Source. Connect with Gus on LinkedIn here. You deserve to succeed. Set yourself up for success. Resources: “Why Opening a Franchise Business Is Better Than Starting Your Own”, Harsh Pancholia, March 26, 2017, entrepreneur.com. “Why Franchises Fail”, Richard Gibson, April 30, 2007, WSJ. “The Pros and Cons Of Buying A Franchise”, Jared Hecht, February 27, 2019, Forbes.com. “Guide To Buying A Franchise” by Marisa Sanfilippo, August 27, 2020, businessnewsdaily.com. Work The Bugs Out: Practices To Work In, & On, Your Business, by Wendy Dickinson, Publish: TBD. Excerpt: Free Downloadable PDFs to work through. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ascendcoachingsolutions/message

Financial guidance company NerdWallet announced at the end of last week that it has acquired Fundera. New York City-based Fundera was co-founded in 2013 by Jared Hecht, who previously co-founded GroupMe. It created a marketplace where small businesses could find loans, subsequently expanding into other areas like legal services, while also (like NerdWallet) offering free […]

In our latest episode of the Wharton Fintech podcast, Anchit Gupta (WG’21) is joined by Jared Hecht, Co-founder & CEO of Fundera, an online marketplace that matches SMB to lenders. Fundera is a financial-services marketplace for small businesses, helping connect business owners with the right lenders. Fundera is helping thousands of SMBs right now to help them navigate the chaotic Paycheck Protection Program application process. Since inception, Fundera has facilitated close to 3Bn USD financing for thousands of customers. Back in 2010, Jared also founded GroupMe, a popular group messaging app. GroupMe was a massive success with over 1 Mn users within a year and was eventually acquired by Microsoft and Skype. Prior to GroupMe, Jared worked as an early employee at Tumblr. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Columbia University Entrepreneurship Organization and is an investor and advisor to startups such as Codecademy, SmartThings and TransferWise. In this interview, Jared shares: - His background and journey across 2 very different entrepreneurial ventures - The challenges faced by Small and Medium Businesses to access financing in the United States - The various ways in which Fundera is helping solve these issues and creating a suite of financial service solutions for SMBs - The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on Fundera as well his opinion on the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) - His experience launching a viral messaging product (GroupMe) during the early days of smart phones - Advice to young entrepreneurs hustling through this crisis

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Every small business lender in the country has been focused on one thing only this month: the Paycheck Protection Program. The PPP was designed to be the savior of many small businesses but unfortunately the rollout has been anything but smooth. And we learned just yesterday the $350 billion has now gone with no more […] The post Podcast 243: Jared Hecht of Fundera appeared first on Lend Academy.

The process to empower employees is often misunderstood. Empowerment takes trust and courage. It also requires that you be the kind of leader that wants others to make decisions. Empowering employees happens to be one of the core principles of having a culture of ownership. My guest today is Jared Hecht, Founder of Fundera. His company was ranked #69 in the 2018 Inc 5000 list and operates a marketplace for small business funding. Get the show notes for How to Empower Employees for Fast Growth with Jared Hecht at Fundera Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank featuring Jared Hecht with me your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/JaredHecht #EmpowerEmployees #MissionDrivenCompanies #GHepisode471 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!

Very few founders can tout building an app with millions of users and a marketplace that's originated over a billion dollars in loans. Jared Hecht, the founder and former CEO of GroupMe and founder of Fundera, discusses his reflections selling GroupMe in the early days of mobile to Skype (Microsoft) and the lessons he learned in that sale process. He also shares his perspective on how to navigate a slow-moving regulatory landscape within financial services and how Fundera is enabling the small business economy.

Welcome to Episode 73 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Jared Hecht, Co-Founder and CEO at Fundera. Jared is a serial entrepreneur who credits his success to the combination of a lot of hard work and yes, a bit of luck. He was a co-founder of GroupMe, a group messaging app, that was acquired for around $85M just about one year after the company was started. His latest company is Fundera, a marketplace for small businesses who are looking for financing options. To date, the company has helped 15,000 small businesses secure well over $850 million through its platform. In this episode of our podcast, we cover lots of great topics like: * Jared's early career aspirations to be in the music industry, including the story of how he offered Vampire Weekend to be their manager. * How he landed at Tumblr when it was still an early-stage company and what he learned there. * The full story on GroupMe, including how he met his co-founder Steve Martocci and how they were able to get traction that ultimately led to an acquisition by Skype. * All the details on Fundera, plus the social mission behind the company and how they are filling such a critical gap in our economy by supporting small business owners. * The hardest parts of building a company. * How he evaluates talent at different stages of a business. * Advice for evaluating investors when raising capital. * Plus, a lot more. Lastly, if you like the show, please remember to subscribe to and review us on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with amazing fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the amazing 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 Jared Hecht,  Co-Founder and CEO of Fundera.  Jared was one of the creators of Groupme which was acquired by Skype in 2011 for around 80 million.  Then he went and created Fundera,  a marketplace for small business financial solutions such as loans, credit cards, and banking.  Fundera has investors such as First Round Capital, Khosla Ventures and QED Investors and has raised over $18 Million to date. Tune in and Listen. Subscribe now to hear Thursdays interview with Milind Mehere from Yieldstreet.   About the host:   John is the host of the 2x weekly "Bank On It” podcast recorded onsite at the Carpenter Group offices, which is a strategic branding and positioning firm in 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. Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter or Medium

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with amazing fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the amazing 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 Atish Davda,  Co-Founder and CEO of EquityZen.  EquityZen is a marketplace for investing in private tech companies backed by top-tier venture capital firms. Shareholders in private companies now have a way to get cash in exchange for their illiquid equity. To date, EquityZen has completed 4800+ transactions in over 100 pre-IPO companies.  EquityZen has investors such as Draper Associates, ZenStone Venture Capital, WorldQuant Ventures, Vaidya Capital Partners and raised over $11 Million to date.     Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now to hear next Tuesdays interview with Jared Hecht from Fundera.   About the host:   John is the host of the 2x weekly "Bank On It” podcast recorded onsite at the Carpenter Group offices, which is a strategic branding and positioning firm in 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.   Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter or Medium  

Schultze Asset Management's George Schultze talks about bankruptcy and distressed investing and where he's finding value. Bloomberg's Matt Townsend and Mario Parker talk about news that Herbalife is ending talks to go private and entering a pact with Carl Icahn and that Icahn is ending his White House role amid conflict of interest issues. Jared Hecht, co-founder and CEO of Fundera, discusses what to expect from the future of online lending. Finally, Sarah Jones, a U.K. finance reporter at Bloomberg in London, talks about the unintended consequences of MiFID: job losses and trading turmoil.

In this episode, our guest is Jared Hecht. He is the Founder and CEO of Fundera. Prior to Fundera, he sold GroupMe for $80 million to Skype. He shares his lessons and advice for entrepreneurs seeking capital for their business. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reachingthefinishline/support

In this episode, Jared Hecht talks about the experience that inspired his business Fundera, which provides alternative funding to small business owners. We talk about the common ways that small businesses raise money, and how alternative funding can be a wiser and more cost-effective lending option. If you're a small business owner struggling to get a loan from the bank despite a proven business plan, Jared's advice may be exactly what you're looking for!

After graduating from Columbia University in 2009, Jared joined Tumblr during a major growth phase for the company. While at Tumblr he entered a hackathon attempting to solve a group texting problem which resulted in GroupMe, a free group messaging service that essentially creates a private chatroom for a small group. Jared and his co-founders sold GroupMe to Skype for $80million. He stayed on for 2 years before leaving to start Fundera, a company providing a safe, friendly, and free way to find your lowest rates on small business loans, guaranteed. Fundera is backed by several well known VCs and has raised $14million to date. Listen to this week's podcast to learn more about Jared's career and what it's like to sell a company in your early 20's.

Patrick Jenkins discusses the culture of banks and what UBS's quarterly results say about volatility in the banking system with Laura Noonan and Jessica Ground of Schroders, and Ben McLannahan talks to Jared Hecht, head of the New York-based online lending platform Fundera. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Big Data and The Future of Financing panel at LendIt USA 2015 with Glenn Goldman, of RetailCapital; Noah Breslow, of OnDeck; Jared Hecht, of Fundera; Paul Gu, of Upstart; John Sun, of Avant; and David Snitkof, of Orchard.

Christine Gray and Jared Hecht join us for the Profit First Podcast. Christine shares her structure for running a successful business. Jared shares with us how Fundera works! SPOILER ALERT! We talk about the Jurassic World movie.

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Jared Hecht and Brayden McCarthy are two of the smartest young minds in our industry. They are both executives at Fundera; Jared is the CEO and Co-Founder and Brayden is the Head of Strategy and Policy. Fundera is a platform that helps small business owners evaluate different loan options by providing easy access to these options […] The post Podcast 25: Jared Hecht and Brayden McCarthy of Fundera on the Small Business Lending Problem appeared first on Lend Academy.

Jared Hecht and Brayden McCarthy are two of the smartest young minds in our industry. They are both executives at Fundera; Jared is the CEO and Co-Founder and Brayden is the Head of Strategy and Policy. Fundera is a platform that helps small business owners evaluate different loan options by providing easy access to these options […] The post Podcast 25: Jared Hecht and Brayden McCarthy of Fundera on the Small Business Lending Problem appeared first on Lend Academy.

Jared Hecht, co-founder of GroupMe, is now the co-founder and chief executive officer at Fundera, an online marketplace that matches small business owners to the best possible lender. Jared explains the problem small businesses are facing with access to capital and provides a solution for both borrowers and lenders. Lloyd Shefsky, in addition to serving as a Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University's Kellog School of Management, is cofounder of several businesses and nonprofits and author of the new book INVENT REINVENT THRIVE: THe Keys to Success for Any Start-Up, Entrepreneur, or Family Business. Lloyd discusses the importance of reinventing yourself and how to do so effectively.Jeff Hoffman, a founding team member and former CEO in the Priceline.com family of companies, is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully scaled and sold multiple companies. Jeff provides insight into how to scale your company to build a real sustainable business. Alex Feldman is CEO of CrowdsUnite, a resource for online funding. He helps small business with raising money online by educating them about crowd funding and connecting them to the best possible websites and professionals. Alex discusses crowdfunding and whether or not it is a viable alternative for start up entrepreneurs.Sponsored by Sage and Nextiva.