From Techstars to the NBA: How James Garvey Built Self Financial to Help 100 Million Americans Build Credit | Supply Chain Saga Ep. 013 from Supply Chain Saga

Supply Chain Saga

Mark Taylor

From Techstars to the NBA: How James Garvey Built Self Financial to Help 100 Million Americans Build Credit | Supply Chain Saga Ep. 013

1 hour 1 minutes Posted Jan 3, 2024 at 3:00 pm.

— Introduction

— James Garvey's Story: From Hurting His Credit Score to Founding Self Financial

— How Self Financial Works: The Credit Builder Product Explained

— Credit Scores in America: Why Half the Country Is Subprime or Invisible

— Serial Entrepreneurship: Identifying the Opportunity and Ignoring the Doubters

— AI, Automation, and Why Warehouse Workers Need Credit Building Tools

— Switching Gears: Fundraising from Seed to Series E

— The Weekly Investor Newsletter: Seven Years of Saturday Updates

— Fundraising Strategy: Warm Intros, Pattern Matching, and Building the Right Team

— The Team Evolution Problem: Risk Takers vs. Scale Operators

— Mentors and Peer Networks: Finding Candid Advice at Every Stage

— The San Antonio Spurs: How a Jersey Patch Deal Happened by Accident

— Economic Outlook and Parting Thoughts

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<p>James Garvey founded Self Financial in 2015 to help people build credit through a savings-backed loan. He grew it from a Techstars accelerator to 600 employees, $127M in venture capital, and 1.3 million active customers. Mark met James at Techstars and explores what operators can learn from his fundraising discipline and team building.</p> <p>TOPICS COVERED:<br> - How Self Financial works: a small-dollar loan deposited into a CD that builds credit and savings simul...

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