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The Strategy That Scaled Benzinga Into a High-Margin Data Empire | Joined by Robert Checchia
How does a financial news outlet transform into a high-margin data licensing titan? In this episode of Entrepreneurship Unlocked, host Seth Rudin sits down with Robert Checchia, CFO of Benzinga.Robert shares his non-traditional path to becoming a CFO, including early career trials—paying a 200-person company's electric bill out of pocket and standing firm on ethics when asked to alter the books. They explore how Benzinga pivoted from media coverage into building a B2B data licensing engine, powering major U.S. brokerages, and positioning its data infrastructure for the next generation of AI…
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