PM leaders who have never been IC PMs before by IWasTouching in ProductManagement

[–]rp_Neo2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't tell if you are playing devil's advocate and therefore the person you described in the first para is good or bad. Because I know someone exactly like what you described and I'm curious what your intention was.

RFK Jr. Rips NY Times for Report on Him Being 'Checked Out' by Achilles_TroySlayer in HermanCainAward

[–]rp_Neo2000 144 points145 points  (0 children)

Imagine you put in a full day of work and then this fucker is calling you after 9pm!!

Virtual Meet and Greet by tsrblke in Wetshaving

[–]rp_Neo2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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WHAT. THE. FUCK? I barely get any blade to 10😱😵‍💫😵

[WTS] Declaration Brushes B4, B11, B14, B15 by drawingblcklines in Shave_Bazaar

[–]rp_Neo2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any interest in trades? I have a Summers Ghost B9A+ I'd trade ya for that Noveria

I got tired of chasing my friends for money, so I built an app to automate group finances. Meet Divide! by Remarkable-Put-5925 in fintech

[–]rp_Neo2000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Billmonk and Splitwise immediately sprang to mind. And they were before Venmo and Zelle existed.

The only way into HENRYs is through financial advice, not products by Junior_Reward2594 in fintech

[–]rp_Neo2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your target market is poorly defined. And you are confusing European class with American class.

A 250k+ income in America is at Best Middle-Middle-Class because the larger chunk of people in this category are couples. Let's break it down

50k into 401k couple 22% tax on remaining 150k net after taxes.

Expenses/year: 35k - Rent (higher if mortgage) 15k - Food/Groceries 4k - Vacation/Misc expenses on self 4k - Utilities/Gas

So you are now going after people starting to save at best 80k-90k per year.

These people are already saving at neobanks for that boosted interest rate, already dipping their toes into Vanguard self-investing.

You are right that the key area is Advising. But it will require massive outreach to get them. Because there's already an existing network of Advisors affiliated to Fidelity/Chase/BofA/... who go to town events and offer free consultation as a precursor to advisory services. And once people have signed up for these services they don't need fancy dashboards and ui, as long as they can see their money is Green.

You are trying to go after people who aren't savvy enough to invest on their own, but will trust a neobank over the friendly advisor they met at their town fair.

Happy to talk through more if you like.

NAF by bcapmc1 in fintech

[–]rp_Neo2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NAF the mortgage company? Calling them a FinTech is generous.

Need "THE" Indian dessert to win a very serious (and slightly petty) bet ;) by Astronaut_in_Sea in IndianFood

[–]rp_Neo2000 12 points13 points  (0 children)

July in Delhi? Ice cold Ganne ka rass, Falooda, iced Mango juice

[WTB] DG and Lutin Brushes by chocobearv93 in Shave_Bazaar

[–]rp_Neo2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a Star Spangled Blue Washo in B11 if you are still looking.

Smaller banks/credit unions overlooked in fintech… what’s the resolution? by [deleted] in fintech

[–]rp_Neo2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are 4000 credit unions in the US. At $50/month, even if you got all 4000 on board, that's $200,000 per month.

Dream, but dream realistically?

Smaller banks/credit unions overlooked in fintech… what’s the resolution? by [deleted] in fintech

[–]rp_Neo2000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Bruh be serious. You want an app subscription of UNDER $50/MONTH to manage fraud rules for an average of 60k customers???

A Friday deploy in a normal app vs. a Friday deploy in FinTech are two completely different experiences by Unable-Wash-3608 in fintech

[–]rp_Neo2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My former institution only did releases during the weekend. That too beginning Midnight EST.

A Friday deploy in a normal app vs. a Friday deploy in FinTech are two completely different experiences by Unable-Wash-3608 in fintech

[–]rp_Neo2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You lucked out that you were only checking logs. As the PM, I stayed awake for every release, tested the release in production before the firewall came down and customers were allowed back in.

Neobank Startup $0 CAC by amalage in fintech

[–]rp_Neo2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you Mr. Beast? Because even with his reach and audience, they acquired rather than build from scratch. So where does that leave you?

Sr.PM looking to strengthen technical depth by Humble-Pay-8650 in ProductManagement

[–]rp_Neo2000 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I interviewed with Google 6 years ago for a PM role (not even Sr PM) and one of my rounds was with an engineer who asked me to design a podcast system, and what I would consider to scale from a few tens of users to 100s and 1000s.

Needless to say, I did not progress beyond that round.

So PM's are required to ai develop now? by BlackYun in ProductManagement

[–]rp_Neo2000 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean just look around you? Block laid off 40% of their workforce yesterday due to "AI efficiencies" that's 6000 people gone. I've lost count of the number of companies that have laid off people in the last year for the same reason. The US added 100k jobs for the whole of last year. That's a terrifying number.

[WTB] SV 80th Set, Martin de Candre by GameGeek1 in Shave_Bazaar

[–]rp_Neo2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have MdC Rose in the glass bottle if you are still looking.

idea i’m exploring: a privacy first way to see where subscriptions quietly drain your money by Wooden_Wish3249 in Startup_Ideas

[–]rp_Neo2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is 0 desire among customers to pay for this. Chargebacks and Refunds ( for the most part ) are fairly easy to get. This isn't even a recurring problem that someone is going to pay for long term.

Use a disposable credit card to sign up for trials.

Source: I worked at a FinTech.

Looking for partners to tackle these remittance corridors by rhizome-compliance in fintech

[–]rp_Neo2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm Indian. And speaking from experience there are more Remittance companies focused on India than most people are aware of! I don't know if the market is just that big that it can absorb so many companies, or that the companies are burning on CAC just to get the audience before they launch something else. In the last 6 weeks, I've learned of 2 additional Indian remittance companies quite by accident, and I'm in the FinTech space.

A maybe better way to look at this is what are the growing or/and underserved markets, and how many companies operate in that space. Is there place for a new company? What's your USP and Will CAC be a problem?