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Michael Solomon, Co-Founder & CEO of CircleBack 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! I first chatted with Michael Solomon back in 2011 when he was winding down his previous p2p lending business called Loanio. He was out of…

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

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Gilles Gade, Founder & CEO, and Adam Goller, VP of Lending at Cross River Bank, on Compliance and Helping Lending Platforms Grow

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Aaron Vermut, CEO of Prosper

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Rohit Arora, Co-Founder & CEO of Biz2Credit, on Small Business Lending

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Scott Langmack on the Evolution of P2P Lending

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Matt Burton, Co-Founder & CEO of Orchard Platform

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Cormac Leech, Co-Founder & CEO of Liberum Capital

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Brendan Ross, Founder and President of Direct Lending Investments

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Jared Hecht, Co-Founder & CEO, and Brayden McCarthy, Head of Strategy & Policy at Fundera, on the Small Business Lending Problem

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! 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…