Jake Gibson's guest appearances

Jake Gibson

The Meb Faber Show

Product Hunt Radio

Creator Lab - interviews with entrepreneurs and startup founders

VentureForth - Adventures in Startups

Lifeselfmastery's podcast I Startups I Venture Capital

Village Global's Venture Stories

Nine Yard Productions' Podcast

HVAC Know It All Podcast

Aussie Wrestling Overload 

Wrestle Strong Dojo Podcast

Startup Foundations

The Altogether Show with Eric Satz

The War Room

Early Days

Fabrice Grinda

Howard Lindzon

Naval Ravikant

Nikhil Basu Trivedi

Brad Feld

Nir Eyal

Erik Torenberg

Sam Lessin

Lyn Alden

Matt Mullenweg

Linda Xie

Ben Casnocha

Rahul Vohra

Ruben Harris

Josh Clemente

OwlTail

Breaking down the latest episode of season 3 Episode 25 - Intrusion with none other than the problem child himself Jake Gibson. Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/wrestlestrongdojopodcast

Breaking down the latest episode of season 3 Episode 25 - Intrusion with none other than the problem child himself Jake Gibson. Follow us on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wrestlestrongdojopodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/wrestlestrongdojopodcast</a>

Season 3 Episode 25 - Intrusion Review w/ Jake Gibson 

Jake Gibson is the founding partner at Better Tomorrow Ventures and formerly co-founder and COO of NerdWallet, which he started with Tim Chen back in 2010. Jake talked to us about his professional journey, and what made him pursue a career in startups after spending a few years on a trading floor on Wall Street. As a COO and co-founder of NerdWallet, Jake has built a successful fin-tech business from the ground up. He shared some of the lessons learned along the way, including great SEO and content marketing tips.Jake also discusses how he ended up leaving NerdWallet to eventually take up startup investing full time. This resulted in co-founding Better Tomorrow Ventures, an early stage VC fund focused on fintech companies, along with Sheel Mohnot. Jake talks about their recent investments and details the intricacies of funding overseas startups.As a seasoned founder and investor Jake shares his insights about the common mistakes founders make when they pitch investors at the pre-seed stage, and explains the business model and incentives behind the venture capital funding. Jake also shares tips regarding fundraising pitch tactics and general advice for founders who are just getting started.

Jake Gibson is the founding partner at Better Tomorrow Ventures and formerly co-founder and COO of NerdWallet, which he started with Tim Chen back in 2010. Jake talked to us about his professional journey, and what made him pursue a career in startups after spending a few years on a trading floor on Wall Street. As a COO and co-founder of NerdWallet, Jake has built a successful fin-tech business from the ground up. He shared some of the lessons learned along the way, including great SEO and content marketing tips. Jake also discusses how he ended up leaving NerdWallet to eventually take up startup investing full time. This resulted in co-founding Better Tomorrow Ventures, an early stage VC fund focused on fintech companies, along with Sheel Mohnot. Jake talks about their recent investments and details the intricacies of funding overseas startups. As a seasoned founder and investor Jake shares his insights about the common mistakes founders make when they pitch investors at the pre-seed stage, and explains the business model and incentives behind the venture capital funding. Jake also shares tips regarding fundraising pitch tactics and general advice for founders who are just getting started.

Jake Gibson: Building Nerdwallet & Better Tomorrow Ventures

Jake Gibson is a father, a Founding Partner of Better Tomorrow Ventures, and a startup veteran. In 2013, however, he was a struggling founder of NerdWallet and expectant father who was facing a major fork in the road -- his ambitions, his own performance at his company, and his plans for himself all clashed in a big oh-shit moment. This is his story.

Jake Gibson is a father, a Founding Partner of Better Tomorrow Ventures, and a startup veteran. In 2013, however, he was a struggling founder of NerdWallet and expectant father who was facing a major fork in the road -- his ambitions, his own performance at his company, and his plans for himself all clashed in a big oh-shit moment. This is his story.

"He sat me down and told me: 'I think you need to leave'" with Jake Gibson

In this episode, Jake Gibson talks about early Nerdwallet days, opportunities in Fintech, BTV investment thesis, and much more!

In this episode, Jake Gibson talks about early Nerdwallet days, opportunities in Fintech, BTV investment thesis, and much more!

Investing in early stage Fintech startups with Jake Gibson from Better Tomorrow Ventures

Jake Gibson is the co-founder of NerdWallet &amp; Founding Partner at Better Tomorrow Ventures, a $75mil venture fund, investing in the future of Fintech alongside Sheel Mohnot. He's been involved in fintech for over a decade. Prior to NerdWallet, he studied math and quantitative finance at MIT and traded interest rate derivatives at JPMorgan. Let us know what you think on Twitter: @bzaidi &amp; @iamjakestream Full video with timestamps on YouTube: https://youtu.be/s-Tcuootl7s In this conversation we discuss:  NerdWallet's business model + growing to a $500mil+ valuation the transition from founder to investor + the 80/20 of investing mental models to figure out your next step why "everything is fintech" + examples of this thesis DeFi, NFTs, stock market highs &amp; ideas from a global fintech market  Timestamps:  00:00:00 Preview 00:02:20 Intro To Jake + Nerdwallet 00:06:57 Nerdwallet Deep Dive + $500mil Valuation 00:15:02 Opportunity: Nerdwallet Model In Other Verticals 00:18:40 Audience First Business in 2021 00:22:24 Trend: Audience Business Selling To Software Companies 00:26:09 Founder To Investor 00:31:12 Mental Model For Thinking About Next Step 00:35:29 "I want to be rich" - more context 00:39:48 Finding Motivation In Struggles 00:42:43 Role of Luck, Golden Handcuffs + Lifestyle Creep 00:48:51 80/20 of investing 00:51:31 "Everything Is Fintech" - Raising A $75mil Fund 00:56:04 Starting A Neo Bank 00:57:48 Fintech Opportunity In Ridesharing, Tesla &amp; Airbnb 01:02:37 Facebook + Whatsapp Payments 01:03:06 Asia Market + WeChat Model 01:05:24 Problem vs Product…Verb vs Noun 01:10:54 Jake's Take on DeFi 01:16:40 NFTs + NBA Top Shots 01:20:59 Tesla's Balance Sheet 01:23:00 Elon + Chamath: Meme Masters 01:23:19 Global Market Ideas 01:29:09 Why Do We Have Stock Market Highs? 01:31:54 Investing Advice To A 25yr Old 

Jake Gibson is the co-founder of NerdWallet &amp; Founding Partner at Better Tomorrow Ventures, a $75mil venture fund, investing in the future of Fintech alongside Sheel Mohnot. He's been involved in fintech for over a decade. Prior to NerdWallet, he studied math and quantitative finance at MIT and traded interest rate derivatives at JPMorgan. Let us know what you think on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/bzaidi" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@bzaidi</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/iamjakestream" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">@iamjakestream</a> Full video with timestamps on YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/s-Tcuootl7s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/s-Tcuootl7s</a> In this conversation we discuss: <ul> <li>NerdWallet's business model + growing to a $500mil+ valuation</li> <li>the transition from founder to investor + the 80/20 of investing</li> <li>mental models to figure out your next step</li> <li>why "everything is fintech" + examples of this thesis</li> <li>DeFi, NFTs, stock market highs &amp; ideas from a global fintech market</li> </ul> Timestamps: <ul> <li>00:00:00 Preview</li> <li>00:02:20 Intro To Jake + Nerdwallet</li> <li>00:06:57 Nerdwallet Deep Dive + $500mil Valuation</li> <li>00:15:02 Opportunity: Nerdwallet Model In Other Verticals</li> <li>00:18:40 Audience First Business in 2021</li> <li>00:22:24 Trend: Audience Business Selling To Software Companies</li> <li>00:26:09 Founder To Investor</li> <li>00:31:12 Mental Model For Thinking About Next Step</li> <li>00:35:29 "I want to be rich" - more context</li> <li>00:39:48 Finding Motivation In Struggles</li> <li>00:42:43 Role of Luck, Golden Handcuffs + Lifestyle Creep</li> <li>00:48:51 80/20 of investing</li> <li>00:51:31 "Everything Is Fintech" - Raising A $75mil Fund</li> <li>00:56:04 Starting A Neo Bank</li> <li>00:57:48 Fintech Opportunity In Ridesharing, Tesla &amp; Airbnb</li> <li>01:02:37 Facebook + Whatsapp Payments</li> <li>01:03:06 Asia Market + WeChat Model</li> <li>01:05:24 Problem vs Product…Verb vs Noun</li> <li>01:10:54 Jake's Take on DeFi</li> <li>01:16:40 NFTs + NBA Top Shots</li> <li>01:20:59 Tesla's Balance Sheet</li> <li>01:23:00 Elon + Chamath: Meme Masters</li> <li>01:23:19 Global Market Ideas</li> <li>01:29:09 Why Do We Have Stock Market Highs?</li> <li>01:31:54 Investing Advice To A 25yr Old</li> </ul>

Jake Gibson, NerdWallet + Better Tomorrow Ventures // Investing In The Future of Fintech

In this episode I talk with 1 half of the newly crowned Wrestle Strong Dojo tag team Champions and boy does he not hold back! There are 2 sides to every story. We have heard 1 side and now we hear Jake's side of it. From being mistreated by WSD management to calling out the WSD heavyweight champion, Adam Facca. You do not want to miss this one! Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/wrestlestrongdojopodcast/

In this episode I talk with 1 half of the newly crowned Wrestle Strong Dojo tag team Champions and boy does he not hold back! There are 2 sides to every story. We have heard 1 side and now we hear Jake's side of it. From being mistreated by WSD management to calling out the WSD heavyweight champion, Adam Facca. You do not want to miss this one! Follow us on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wrestlestrongdojopodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/wrestlestrongdojopodcast/</a>

The Problem Child Jake Gibson

Host and Suplex GM Timothy Wilks sits down with the returning Jake Gibson recorded over the space of about a week and a half.

Host and Suplex GM Timothy Wilks sits down with the returning Jake Gibson recorded over the space of about a week and a half.

Episode 5 Jake Gibson 4th November 2020

In this episode, I’m speaking with Jake Gibson—Alto’s first customer, syndicate lead, and now podcast guest. Jake has been involved in the FinTech world for more than a decade, first as a co-founder of NerdWallet, then as a prolific angel investor, and now as a founding partner at Better Tomorrow Ventures. There's no question he has been carving his own path towards a better tomorrow. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did.

Jake Gibson - FinTech Entrepreneur and Investor

In episode 214 we welcome our guest, Jake Gibson, founding partner of Better Tomorrow Ventures. We discuss startup investing in the world of fintech. We get into some of the opportunities going forward, from disruption in products, user experience and distribution models, to how some non-fintech companies may be able to start leveraging the fintech infrastructure to integrate financial services into other products. We touch on the next wave of fintech, banking as a service, and a future that may evolve into a far deeper set of automated financial services that greatly reduce friction and improve the experience for the consumer. Stay tuned to the end to hear some detail about Jake’s new fund, focused on pre-seed and seed stage fintech companies. All this and more, in episode 214 with Jake Gibson.

In episode 214 we welcome our guest, Jake Gibson, founding partner of Better Tomorrow Ventures. We discuss startup investing in the world of fintech. We get into some of the opportunities going forward, from disruption in products, user experience and distribution models, to how some non-fintech companies may be able to start leveraging the fintech infrastructure to integrate financial services into other products. We touch on the next wave of fintech, banking as a service, and a future that may evolve into a far deeper set of automated financial services that greatly reduce friction and improve the experience for the consumer. Stay tuned to the end to hear some detail about Jake’s new fund, focused on pre-seed and seed stage fintech companies. All this and more, in episode 214 with Jake Gibson.

#214 - Jake Gibson, Better Tomorrow Ventures - We Think This Idea Of Embedded Fintech Is Going To Get Really Interesting In The Years To Come

Sheel Mohnot (@pitdesi), fintech investor, and Jake Gibson (@iamjakestream), co-founder of NerdWallet and Better Tomorrow Ventures, join Erik on this episode.They discuss:- Why it’s still so hard to start a fintech company.- The history of retailers moving into financial services, a trend that Sears started back in the day.- How different categories within fintech have evolved over time and the challenges and opportunities inherent in each of them.- Why financial education hasn’t worked, why it is likely not to work in the future, and the implications for building personal financial managers.- Where the opportunities are in the insurance and re-insurance markets.- Which of the big incumbent tech companies will have made the most progress in the financial space in the next five to ten years.- Their requests for startups.- How the space will look different in the next five years.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.

Sheel Mohnot (@pitdesi), fintech investor, and Jake Gibson (@iamjakestream), co-founder of NerdWallet and Better Tomorrow Ventures, join Erik on this episode. They discuss: - Why it’s still so hard to start a fintech company. - The history of retailers moving into financial services, a trend that Sears started back in the day. - How different categories within fintech have evolved over time and the challenges and opportunities inherent in each of them. - Why financial education hasn’t worked, why it is likely not to work in the future, and the implications for building personal financial managers. - Where the opportunities are in the insurance and re-insurance markets. - Which of the big incumbent tech companies will have made the most progress in the financial space in the next five to ten years. - Their requests for startups. - How the space will look different in the next five years. 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.