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Fintech Fam! It is time to bring you an interview that I have wanted to do for probably the last 4-5 years. It's a Zach Attack! My guest on this episode is Zach Perret, CEO of Plaid. After solving the Pettet/Perret dilemma, we talk about his early life and career, the early days of building Plaid, how he’s scaled himself as an individual and a leader, the Visa transaction and a ton more. Enjoy!Links:Zach Perret on TwitterPlaidTechStars TV seriesZach’s Hackathon winning speech!Topics:(00:01:03) Solving the Zach/Zach dilemma(00:02:24) Zach’s background and career(00:12:39) An emphasis on humanity in building Plaid(00:14:37) The early days of Plaid(00:22:17) Scaling the individual(00:29:33) Leadership vs. Management(00:32:01) What is your average day looking like?(00:38:22) The Visa transaction(00:50:03) Thoughts on communication cadences(00:50:55) Self-care and surfing(00:52:59) How do you learn?(00:55:20) How much time are you spending consuming non-business content?(00:56:08) What are you most excited about in the future?(00:59:10) Is fintech the right word to use to describe this industry?

Fintech Fam! It is time to bring you an interview that I have wanted to do for probably the last 4-5 years. It's a Zach Attack! My guest on this episode is Zach Perret, CEO of Plaid. After solving the Pettet/Perret dilemma, we talk about his early life and career, the early days of building Plaid, how he’s scaled himself as an individual and a leader, the Visa transaction and a ton more. Enjoy!Links:<a href="https://twitter.com/zachperret" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Zach Perret on Twitter</a><a href="https://plaid.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Plaid</a><a href="https://vimeo.com/28032758" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">TechStars TV series</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX1t_SEyIHo" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Zach’s Hackathon winning speech!</a> Topics:(00:01:03) Solving the Zach/Zach dilemma(00:02:24) Zach’s background and career(00:12:39) An emphasis on humanity in building Plaid(00:14:37) The early days of Plaid(00:22:17) Scaling the individual(00:29:33) Leadership vs. Management(00:32:01) What is your average day looking like?(00:38:22) The Visa transaction(00:50:03) Thoughts on communication cadences(00:50:55) Self-care and surfing(00:52:59) How do you learn?(00:55:20) How much time are you spending consuming non-business content?(00:56:08) What are you most excited about in the future?(00:59:10) Is fintech the right word to use to describe this industry?

Zach Perret, CEO at Plaid

CNBC's Deirdre Bosa and Kate Rooney sit down with Plaid co-founder and CEO Zach Perret from CNBC's San Francisco bureau. Zach shares his biggest fintech predictions for the year ahead.

TechCheck+ Plaid CEO Zach Perret on his 2023 fintech predictions 1/24/23

Our anchors begin today’s show previewing Microsoft’s earnings after the bell with CNBC’s Steve Kovach and New Age Wealth Advisors Co-Founder Todd Gordon. Then, Mizuho Managing Director Dan Dolev outlines his bear case for Coinbase, and our Julia Boorstin reports on Verizon’s latest quarterly results. Next, Guggenheim Securities Senior Managing Director Eric Mandl offers his outlook for tech M&amp;A, and CNBC’s Bertha Coombs covers Amazon rolling out a new prescription drug perk for Prime subscribers in the U.S. Later, Plaid CEO Zach Perret joins for a look at fintech in the year ahead.

Microsoft Reports Earnings After the Bell, Amazon Unveils New Prescription Drug Perk & Plaid CEO Zach Perret on Fintech Outlook  01/24/23

Plaid

To celebrate 10 years of SaaStr, we’re revisiting some classic podcast episodes. Up today: Plaid co-founder and CEO, Zach Perret. This interview with CNBC’s Ari Levy took place in February 2019, shortly after Plaid raised a Series C round at a $2.7B valuation. In 2021, Plaid raised their Series D at a $13.4B valuation.   Companies that have access to more accurate financial data have the ability to develop seamless exchanges of information, providing consumers with improved ways to manage their finances. But how do companies gain secure access to that data in the first place? Enter the platform company. Hear from Plaid co-founder and CEO, Zach Perret, as he walks through his lessons learned building Plaid and how it found itself at the center of the fintech ecosystem.   Full video: https://youtu.be/cUIahrKfOq0   Want to join the SaaStr community? We're the 🌎largest community for B2B software. Subscribe for weekly updates: https://www.saastr.com/subscribeform Twitter: https://twitter.com/saastr LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2724976 Quora Group: https://www.quora.com/q/cloud Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SaaStr/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saastr/ Our North American Event: https://bit.ly/2OXeAYh Our European Event: https://bit.ly/2OZTad8

To celebrate 10 years of SaaStr, we’re revisiting some classic podcast episodes. Up today: Plaid co-founder and CEO, Zach Perret. This interview with CNBC’s Ari Levy took place in February 2019, shortly after Plaid raised a Series C round at a $2.7B valuation. In 2021, Plaid raised their Series D at a $13.4B valuation. Companies that have access to more accurate financial data have the ability to develop seamless exchanges of information, providing consumers with improved ways to manage their finances. But how do companies gain secure access to that data in the first place? Enter the platform company. Hear from Plaid co-founder and CEO, Zach Perret, as he walks through his lessons learned building Plaid and how it found itself at the center of the fintech ecosystem. Full video: <a href="https://youtu.be/cUIahrKfOq0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/cUIahrKfOq0</a> Want to join the SaaStr community? We're the 🌎largest community for B2B software. Subscribe for weekly updates: <a href="https://www.saastr.com/subscribeform" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.saastr.com/subscribeform</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/saastr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/saastr</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/2724976" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/company/2724976</a> Quora Group: <a href="https://www.quora.com/q/cloud" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.quora.com/q/cloud</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SaaStr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/SaaStr/</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saastr/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/saastr/</a> Our North American Event: <a href="https://bit.ly/2OXeAYh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2OXeAYh</a> Our European Event: <a href="https://bit.ly/2OZTad8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2OZTad8</a>

SaaStr 561: Classic Episode: The Plaid Journey with Co-Founder and CEO Zach Perret

Optionality means creating the potential for more choices, but how does that translate in real life? Zach Perret, CEO and Co-Founder of Plaid and a large disruptive player in the financial system, speaks with Anthony about the choices he made that took him from the science labs at Duke to being an entrepreneur of a Fintech unicorn, and maintaining that optionality both in his life and business. Anthony also sits down with Josh Fagen, a longtime trusted advisor of Anthony’s, about what he thinks about the “Great Resignation”, what it means for people and business, and how to balance your head and heart as you choose partners, both in business and life. The most daring thing you can do is learn to trust both-only those who dare, win.For more from Anthony, follow him on Twitter @AnthonyNoto

Optionality means creating the potential for more choices, but how does that translate in real life? Zach Perret, CEO and Co-Founder of Plaid and a large disruptive player in the financial system, speaks with Anthony about the choices he made that took him from the science labs at Duke to being an entrepreneur of a Fintech unicorn, and maintaining that optionality both in his life and business. Anthony also sits down with Josh Fagen, a longtime trusted advisor of Anthony’s, about what he thinks about the “Great Resignation”, what it means for people and business, and how to balance your head and heart as you choose partners, both in business and life. The most daring thing you can do is learn to trust both-only those who dare, win.For more from Anthony, follow him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/anthonynoto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@AnthonyNoto</a>

Choosing Optionality with Zach Perret, CEO and Co-Founder of Plaid

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Erik is joined by Zach Perret (@zachperret), co-founder and CEO of Plaid, and David Haber (@dhaber), former co-founder and CEO of Bond Street, now at Goldman Sachs.Zach and David talk about how they met and how they started their respective companies. They explain how to find out whether you are passionate enough about an idea to start a company around it: are you passionate about it enough to be willing to pound the table to get your mother-in-law to invest?David points out that 90% of your work as a founder is selling — to investors, employees, customers, and many others. They talk about the future of financial services and fintech and make some predictions about what to expect in the space over the next several years. David and Zach share some tips for people building a company in the space on what works and what doesn’t, and how the space has evolved since they started their companies.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.

Erik is joined by Zach Perret (@zachperret), co-founder and CEO of Plaid, and David Haber (@dhaber), former co-founder and CEO of Bond Street, now at Goldman Sachs. Zach and David talk about how they met and how they started their respective companies. They explain how to find out whether you are passionate enough about an idea to start a company around it: are you passionate about it enough to be willing to pound the table to get your mother-in-law to invest? David points out that 90% of your work as a founder is selling — to investors, employees, customers, and many others. They talk about the future of financial services and fintech and make some predictions about what to expect in the space over the next several years. David and Zach share some tips for people building a company in the space on what works and what doesn’t, and how the space has evolved since they started their companies. Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at <a href="http://villageglobal.vc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">villageglobal.vc</a> or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.

Greatest Hits: The State and Future of Fintech with Zach Perret and David Haber

This podcast is an excerpt. Follow the a16z Club to join conversations with tech founders, builders, and leaders live and in-full.In this episode: The abandoned M&amp;A with Visa [3:47]Communicating to employees around the M&amp;A [8:29]Plaid's near death experiences in the early days [12:41]The fintech trends that made Plaid possible [17:29]What is a bank now? [26:54]Fintech and new revenue models [29:20]Plaid's role in the creator economy [35:21]What is a neobank? [37:30]

This podcast is an excerpt. <a href="https://clubhouse.com/club/a16z" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow the a16z Club</a> to join conversations with tech founders, builders, and leaders live and in-full.In this episode: <ul><li>The abandoned M&amp;A with Visa [3:47]</li><li>Communicating to employees around the M&amp;A [8:29]</li><li>Plaid's near death experiences in the early days [12:41]</li><li>The fintech trends that made Plaid possible [17:29]</li><li>What is a bank now? [26:54]</li><li>Fintech and new revenue models [29:20]</li><li>Plaid's role in the creator economy [35:21]</li><li>What is a neobank? [37:30]</li></ul>

Good Time Show with Plaid CEO Zach Perret

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The Power of Positivity with Zach Perret

Companies that have access to more accurate financial data have the ability to develop seamless exchanges of information, providing consumers with improved ways to manage their finances. But how do companies gain secure access to that data in the first place? Enter the platform company. Hear from Plaid co-founder and CEO, Zach Perret and CNBC's Ari Levy as he walks through his lessons learned building Plaid and how it found itself at the center of the fintech ecosystem.   If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin SaaStr Zach Perret

Companies that have access to more accurate financial data have the ability to develop seamless exchanges of information, providing consumers with improved ways to manage their finances. But how do companies gain secure access to that data in the first place? Enter the platform company. Hear from Plaid co-founder and CEO, Zach Perret and CNBC's Ari Levy as he walks through his lessons learned building Plaid and how it found itself at the center of the fintech ecosystem. If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonlk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jason Lemkin</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/saastr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SaaStr</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/zachperret" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zach Perret</a>

SaaStr 258: Plaid CEO and Co-Founder Zach Perret on How to Build a Platform that Fuels an Ecosystem

Zach Perret is the Founder &amp; CEO @ Plaid, the startup providing the easiest way for users to connect their bank accounts to an app whether it be transactions, identity or authentication. To date, Zach has raised over $300m with Plaid from some of the best in the business including Mary Meeker, Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Felicis, Spark and Homebrew, just to name a few. As for Zach, as CEO he has scaled Plaid to today with over 300 employees, 3 international offices and over 10Bn transactions analysed. Prior to founding Plaid, Zach was a consultant @ Bain. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Zach made his way into the world of startups from consulting at Bain and what led to the founding of Plaid and the mission to unlock consumer finance? What advice would Zach give to emerging grads today, questioning whether to join or start a startup? 2.) What does great leadership and CEOship look like to Zach? How has Zach seen himself evolve and develop as a leader over the last few years? How does Zach think about prioritisation? How does Zach determine what to say yes vs what to say no to? What has Zach found the most challenging in scaling as a CEO? What has he done to mitigate this? 3.) How does Zach think about constructing the optimal recruitment process? What have been some of Zach's biggest lessons in what it takes to really recruit world-class talent? What does Zach mean when he says, "you have to hire for spikes"? How does Zach manage the tension of keeping the high-quality bar whilst also sustaining the very steep growth curve? 4.) Plaid recently raised $275m, how does Zach think about capital efficiency with Plaid today? How does Zach determine when is the right time to transition from the mindset of lean and iteration to raising a war chest and going for the home run? What is Zach's biggest advice to founders when it comes to investor selection? Is it possible for the investor and the founder to be "friends"? 5.) When assessing the fintech landscape today, what is Zach most excited to see develop over the next 12-18 months? How are we seeing much larger incumbents like Goldman innovate in the proliferated world of fintech startups? How does the US view the fintech innovation that has occurred in the UK? What does this mean for US fintechs? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Zach’s Fave Book: Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Zach on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

<a href="https://twitter.com/zachperret" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zach Perret</a> is the Founder &amp; CEO @ <a href="https://plaid.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Plaid</a>, the startup providing the easiest way for users to connect their bank accounts to an app whether it be transactions, identity or authentication. To date, Zach has raised over $300m with Plaid from some of the best in the business including Mary Meeker, Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Felicis, Spark and Homebrew, just to name a few. As for Zach, as CEO he has scaled Plaid to today with over 300 employees, 3 international offices and over 10Bn transactions analysed. Prior to founding Plaid, Zach was a consultant @ Bain. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Zach made his way into the world of startups from consulting at Bain and what led to the founding of Plaid and the mission to unlock consumer finance? What advice would Zach give to emerging grads today, questioning whether to join or start a startup? 2.) What does great leadership and CEOship look like to Zach? How has Zach seen himself evolve and develop as a leader over the last few years? How does Zach think about prioritisation? How does Zach determine what to say yes vs what to say no to? What has Zach found the most challenging in scaling as a CEO? What has he done to mitigate this? 3.) How does Zach think about constructing the optimal recruitment process? What have been some of Zach's biggest lessons in what it takes to really recruit world-class talent? What does Zach mean when he says, "you have to hire for spikes"? How does Zach manage the tension of keeping the high-quality bar whilst also sustaining the very steep growth curve? 4.) Plaid recently raised $275m, how does Zach think about capital efficiency with Plaid today? How does Zach determine when is the right time to transition from the mindset of lean and iteration to raising a war chest and going for the home run? What is Zach's biggest advice to founders when it comes to investor selection? Is it possible for the investor and the founder to be "friends"? 5.) When assessing the fintech landscape today, what is Zach most excited to see develop over the next 12-18 months? How are we seeing much larger incumbents like Goldman innovate in the proliferated world of fintech startups? How does the US view the fintech innovation that has occurred in the UK? What does this mean for US fintechs? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Zach’s Fave Book: <a href="https://amzn.to/30ZJhBJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire</a> As always you can follow <a href="https://twitter.com/HarryStebbings" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harry</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/twentyminutevc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Twenty Minute VC</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/zachperret" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zach</a> on Twitter here! <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hstebbings1996/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.</a>

20VC: Plaid's Zach Perret on Why You Have To Hire For Spikes and What That Really Means, Fintech Predictions From Incumbent Entrants To The Rise of Europe & The 2 Big Questions That CEOs Should Ask Themselves