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Jake Gibson

Jake Gibson

Video: What is The Mint, really?

Video: What is The Mint, really?

⬅️The video below was originally published on our YouTube channel here. It has always been part of our mission to build BTV into the epicenter of fintech talent. In the years before BTV, Sheel and I angel invested in more than 90 companies, and we built an accelerator to back

Forget Perfectionism, Embrace the Chaos

Forget Perfectionism, Embrace the Chaos

⬅️Article originally published here by our friends at This Week in Fintech. In my previous two pieces in this series, I talked a bit about how startups are an exercise in controlled chaos, and how building an enduring franchise means getting very comfortable with ambiguity. That’s easy to say,

Podcast: Jake on Breaking Banks, Ep. 548

Podcast: Jake on Breaking Banks, Ep. 548

⬅️Originally published on YouTube here and Spotify here. Killing It: And then Paying It Forward Jake Gibson is a former investment banker, entrepreneur/co-founder of NerdWallet, angel investor, and now VC founder of Better Tomorrow Ventures. He crossed career paths with host, Jason Henrichs, 10+ years ago. Today, they have

Podcast: Jake on TWiF's The OGs of Fintech, Ep. 5

Podcast: Jake on TWiF's The OGs of Fintech, Ep. 5

⬅️Originally published by our friends at This Week in Fintech here. In episode number five of the Fintech OG series, we talk with Jake Gibson of NerdWallet and BTV, and Nik Milanović of TWIF, who share their extensive journeys within the fintech sector, shedding light on the evolution of financial

Podcast: Sheel and Jake on the I/O Pod, Ep. 9

Podcast: Sheel and Jake on the I/O Pod, Ep. 9

The Kings of Fintech | How NerdWallet's Jake Gibson and Sheel Mohnot Are Funding The Next Generation

The Lost Art of “F*ck Around and Find Out”

The Lost Art of “F*ck Around and Find Out”

⬅️Article originally published here by our friends at This Week in Fintech In its first year in 2009, NerdWallet made $75. The second year, that rose to about $60,000. In the first nine months of 2023, the company generated $465.7 million in revenue. That exponential rise in fortunes

The Startup Community Must Shake Off Its Funding ‘Shell-Shock’

The Startup Community Must Shake Off Its Funding ‘Shell-Shock’

People tend to think of startups as creating something from nothing, but it’s more like finding order in chaos...