S3 E9: How Rex Salisbury is Building a Fintech Community With Authenticity

Only when you’ve done your time in startups can you offer the kind of support Rex has created for other fintech founders. Find out how. Nicole and Rex dive into why conversation is the key to understanding a founder’s goals, why bringing together is a major high point to his working day, and why writing the second biggest check leads to way more collaboration. And our sponsor MainStreet is making it easy to find thousands of dollars worth of R&D Tax Credits. You only need to plug MainStreet into your payroll and let their team of experts do the heavy lifting, scanning hundreds of federal, state and local tax credits on your behalf. It’s going to save you so much time and your company so much money. Head to MainStreet.com to sign up for their limited time offer. And if you love listening to Humans of Fintech, please leave me a 5-star review on Rate My Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/humansoffintech Thank you so much! Follow Rex: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rexsalisbury Twitter: https://twitter.com/rexsalisbury You can keep up-to-date with everything Humans of Fintech at https://workweek.com/brand/wtfintech/ And if you’ve enjoyed Humans of Fintech why not try: Chicks of FinTwit, Tech Unlocked, Breaking Banks or Fintech Insider Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 03:16 How to Build With Understanding 04:14 Bringing People Together 05:21 The Benefits of Authenticity 07:48 All The Uncontested Opportunities Out There 11:37 Rex’ Unique Position 16:04 Find Your People 18:51 Not Always The Mentor Role 19:22 Leveraging The Community 27:13 Fintech Versus The Big Five