LFP008 - London Fintech’s Strengths and Weaknesses with Richard Goold of Wragge Lawrence Graham

London Fintech Podcast · Oct 10, 2014 · 32m

I have given this episode a huuuge write-up as it’s such a vital topic. So if you don’t want to read 2,500 words, listen instead

Let’s simplify a Fintech’s journey into three schematic stages:

Stage 1: “turning an idea into a product”

Stage 2: “turning a product into a business”

Stage 3: “turning a business into a grown-up business” (IPOs, M&As etc)

In recent months I have come to see as London Fintech’s greatest strength in-depth right now as Stage 1. We could call this a Fintech-Startup … building your plane, taxiing to the runway, then accelerating…