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Casper Wong
3 Lessons Learned
@wongcasper
Dec 2015 TechTO
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Financeit is a platform that helps businesses to
increase their sales by allowing them to offer
consumer financing from any device
Before Fintech was a word.
Over 4,000 businesses using the platform today
Processed over $1billion in loans
Over 75 people on the team, looking for 16 more
Closed a $13.5MM Series A in 2013
Just closed our Series B
1
Since launching in Jan of 2011
Figure out the “Why?”
Focus and knowing when to say No
Build a Performance Culture
“An entrepreneur is someone who jumps off a cliff
and builds a plane on the way down”

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