Derek Corcoran's guest appearances

Derek Corcoran

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

Furthr with Founders

Grow Up with GROW

Elon Musk

Patrick Collison

Tom Peters

Peter Thiel

Gary Vaynerchuk

Arlan Hamilton

Richard Davies

Tom Blomfield

Dodd Frank

Rod Drury

Jack Henry

Howard Marks

John Hope Bryant

Mike Kelly

Mark Walport

OwlTail

This week, Dr Rosalind catches up with Scorebuddy founder, Derek Corcoran to hear all about how he went from a successful corporate career to taking a leap of faith and launching his startup. He provides valuable lessons and insights on scaling and growing a successful tech business and the personal grit required to overcome challenges. Scorebuddy has exciting prospects as they continue to accelerate and scale. Also joining Ros and Derek, is Managing Partner of Furthr VC, Richard Watson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Dr Rosalind catches up with Scorebuddy founder, Derek Corcoran to hear all about how he went from a successful corporate career to taking a leap of faith and launching his startup. He provides valuable lessons and insights on scaling and growing a successful tech business and the personal grit required to overcome challenges. Scorebuddy has exciting prospects as they continue to accelerate and scale. Also joining Ros and Derek, is Managing Partner of Furthr VC, Richard Watson. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

S3, Ep. 6 - Derek Corcoran of Scorebuddy

Many financial services companies are trying to build from the ground up, creating new banking systems or products that are more in line with creating an efficient and customer centric front end. Avoka on the other hand, are creating acquisition products that work in tandem with core banking systems.  Chief Experience Officer Derek Corcoran talks us through how Avoka are creating a platform for better customer experience. Indeed, opening current accounts and signing up for a credit card can be tedious, and it's definitely not mobile friendly. Instead of going through 30 layers of customer on boarding that most users fail to do all in one go, Derek discusses how their business model centres around the 'one and done' instantaneous form submission that makes sign-ups all so simple. Not only is their process faster and more convenient, there's also an added element of security- photo ID recognition means users take photos of their driving licences or passports making the sign-up faster and safer. They handle this transaction layer, until it's ready to be delivered to core banking layer.  The culture at Avoka is 'we are going to be successful by making our clients successful', and indeed Derek talks about a meticulous iteration process of creating product after product that aims to satisfy their clients as much as possible, and in turn satisfy the customers they are trying to bring on board. Data analytics are central to these iterations, creating analytics engines which show Avoka where in the application flow the customer is lost. This is imperative to the evolution of their products but also the specificity to each client- they can use this data to show banks exactly what they're missing, and exactly how they can improve upon that. We also discuss Derek's unique role and job title at the company and what being a 'Chief Experience Officer' actually means. He splits his role into 3 parts,The first is of which is thought leadership around this space, Looking at experiences that banks are putting in to the market, to understand who is doing well. The second component is product development, by analysing customer needs and what other platforms/products are succeeding, Derek also helps in terms of innovation. Finally, the third component is client strategy and relations, they have 3 of the 10 top global banks using their platforms so it's key these relationships are managed accordingly to maintain integrity and credibility to Avoka. We hope you enjoy the show - spread the word, tell your friends and don't forget to leave us a review on iTunes. If you want to get in touch, drop us a line at podcasts@11fs.com or on Twitter @FintechInsiders and follow us on Facebook. Special Guest: Derek Corcoran.

Many financial services companies are trying to build from the ground up, creating new banking systems or products that are more in line with creating an efficient and customer centric front end. Avoka on the other hand, are creating acquisition products that work in tandem with core banking systems. Chief Experience Officer Derek Corcoran talks us through how Avoka are creating a platform for better customer experience. Indeed, opening current accounts and signing up for a credit card can be tedious, and it's definitely not mobile friendly. Instead of going through 30 layers of customer on boarding that most users fail to do all in one go, Derek discusses how their business model centres around the 'one and done' instantaneous form submission that makes sign-ups all so simple. Not only is their process faster and more convenient, there's also an added element of security- photo ID recognition means users take photos of their driving licences or passports making the sign-up faster and safer. They handle this transaction layer, until it's ready to be delivered to core banking layer. The culture at Avoka is 'we are going to be successful by making our clients successful', and indeed Derek talks about a meticulous iteration process of creating product after product that aims to satisfy their clients as much as possible, and in turn satisfy the customers they are trying to bring on board. Data analytics are central to these iterations, creating analytics engines which show Avoka where in the application flow the customer is lost. This is imperative to the evolution of their products but also the specificity to each client- they can use this data to show banks exactly what they're missing, and exactly how they can improve upon that. We also discuss Derek's unique role and job title at the company and what being a 'Chief Experience Officer' actually means. He splits his role into 3 parts,The first is of which is thought leadership around this space, Looking at experiences that banks are putting in to the market, to understand who is doing well. The second component is product development, by analysing customer needs and what other platforms/products are succeeding, Derek also helps in terms of innovation. Finally, the third component is client strategy and relations, they have 3 of the 10 top global banks using their platforms so it's key these relationships are managed accordingly to maintain integrity and credibility to Avoka. We hope you enjoy the show - spread the word, tell your friends and don't forget to leave us a review on iTunes. If you want to get in touch, drop us a line at <a href="mailto:podcasts@11fs.com" rel="nofollow">podcasts@11fs.com</a> or on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/FinTechInsiders" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@FintechInsiders</a> and follow us on Facebook. Special Guest: Derek Corcoran.

Ep. 174. Interview. Derek Corcoran - Chief Experience Officer, Avoka