Last week, ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐น๐น ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ - from concept to characters to soundtrack to gameplay.
This week, we challenged them with something even bigger: ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
They came up with ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ, ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐-๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ.
Forget manual transactions. Imagine a world where your ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ optimize savings, manage investments, analyze spending patterns, and pay bills seamlessly, while offering ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ-๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ tailored to you.
But it didnโt stop there. NeuroBank redefines the way we interact with money, making banking ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ, and even ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ.
Could this be the model for the future?
The agents thought so.
Mark Ruddock
Thoughts of an internationally experienced growth stage CEO and Board Member.
Thoughts of an internationally experienced growth stage CEO and Board Member
Mark Ruddock
Thoughts of an internationally experienced growth stage CEO and Board Member.
Experienced international CEO with three exits and over 20 years of experience at the helm of VC-backed technology and fintech startups. I've founded companies and come in as a later-stage CEO to help existing companies scale. My experience spans multi-country online financial services, mission-critical enterprise software and consumer-focused mobile applications.
Currently CEO of Kontent.ai, the industry's first CMS with native AI capabilities, kontent.ai helps the world's leading organizations generate an unparalleled return on their content by enabling them to create, manage, distribute, and optimize their content at scale with unprecedented speed oversight, and security.
Before that, I was CEO of Nuula (formerly known as BFS Capital), which Nav acquired. At Nuula, we believed there was a better way to help run your small business โ so we built it. Nuula is a mobile application that gives small business owners instant access to critical business metrics and innovative financial products anytime, anywhere. It provides small business owners with the tools, content, and capital they need to be successful in a modern, competitive market.
Prior to that interim CEO of 4finance. Agreed to take on an interim role to help clarify strategy, accelerate the critical transformation of the business and set the company on a course for the next growth phase.
Before that, I was Managing Director, International at Wonga, responsible for overseeing all businesses outside of the UK, including consumer lending businesses in Canada, Spain, Poland and South Africa and our eCommerce and product financing business BillPay in Germany. Prior to that was CEO of Wonga Canada.
Prior to that, I was EO Viigo. When Viigo was acquired by Blackberry in 2010, the company had hundreds of partners, won numerous awards, including โPC Magazineโs Editors Choiceโ, the โMost Promising New Company of the Yearโ from the CNMA, and the โWireless Leadership Awardโ from RIM, signed marquee enterprise customers such as Oppenheimer, UBS, BAT and Scotts and been downloaded over 3MM times, becoming one of the most popular BlackBerry apps of all time.
I started my career as the Founder and CEO of INEA. A software company that was a strategic partner to many of the world's leading financial institutions, INEA had deployments in over 44 countries. Backed by RBC, Ventures West, APAX and Edgestone, the company was acquired in June 2005 by Cartesis. Cartesis was subsequently acquired by Business Objects in 2007, which was later acquired by SAP.
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