Ep. 35 - Surviving Long Enough to Win with Chris Grimes

In this episode, Fahd sits down with Chris Grimes, founder and CEO of Fundmore, to explore his journey from 20-year mortgage industry veteran to building one of Canada's fastest-growing fintech companies. Chris shares how firsthand frustration with a slow, paperwork-heavy mortgage system led him to walk away from a secure career and take on the entrenched Goliaths of banking and lending as a small, scrappy David.From bootstrapping through survival mode and pivoting during COVID to winning the trust of massive legacy institutions one customer at a time, Chris discusses what it really takes for a David to survive long enough to break into a highly regulated industry. He also shares insights on leadership, learning to lead through people instead of as an individual contributor, and how naivety, nimbleness, and sheer persistence can let a small company punch far above its weight.