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Kathryn Petralia, Co-Founder & Head of Operations at Kabbage

Enjoying the podcast? Don’t miss out on future episodes! Please hit that subscribe button on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform to stay updated with our latest content. Thank you for your support! There are many innovative companies in this space but I think Kabbage stands out above the pack. They are doing things in lending that have…

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Karen Mills Former Head of the SBA

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Doug Lebda, Founder & CEO of LendingTree

LendingTree is a company that is familiar to most of us. But it has only been recently that they have become an important part of the marketplace lending ecosystem. With a huge and growing appetite for borrowers LendingTree is one of the few companies that can provide just what the platforms want: borrowers at scale. For…

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Al Goldstein, Co-Founder & CEO of Avant

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Sam Hodges, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Funding Circle USA

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Frank Rotman, Partner at QED Investors

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Matt Symons, Co-Founder of SocietyOne

Enjoying the podcast? Don’t miss out on future episodes! Please hit that subscribe button on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform to stay updated with our latest content. Thank you for your support! Right after LendIt I took a two week vacation in Sydney, Australia (my home town). During this vacation I met with a few of the…

Jason Jones, Co-Founder of LendIt & Lend Academy Partner on LendIt USA 2015

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Michael Solomon, Co-Founder & CEO of CircleBack Lending

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Brock Blake, Founder & CEO of Lendio on Small Business Lending

Enjoying the podcast? Don’t miss out on future episodes! Please hit that subscribe button on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform to stay updated with our latest content. Thank you for your support! There are many different loan choices out there today for small business owners. There are short term loans, merchant cash advances, asset-backed loans,…