When you're gearing up for that Series A raise, you're focused on executing on short-term goals - you need to hit those metrics month over month, and hire someone for that new role ASAP. But are you aware of the impacts your short term outlook is having on your company? And will you successfully raise that Series A, only to realize you've built your company on a bunch of short term decisions that you'll have to spend precious time, energy and resources fixing (if they're even fixable)? Eva will chat about 4 things to be aware of so you're not just building for short-term success, but long-term too.

1. Scaleup Fest
July 2018
This Is A Marathon,
Not A Sprint!

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Borrowell helps
Canadians make great
decisions about credit.

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We’re one of Canada’s
largest fintech
companies, with over
half a million users.

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Fintech startup Borrowell backed
by established players in Series A
funding round
BORROWELL RAISES $57 MILLION
FROM PORTAG3, FIRSTONTARIO
CREDIT UNION

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Doing more - faster -
isn’t the only goal.
What are you building?

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What are you building? For whom?

9. What kind of company culture are you building?
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Who is on your team? Are they different from you?

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I think strong leaders, who are self-
confident and secure, who are
comfortable in their skin and their place,
will welcome alternative points of view.
The insecure ones won’t, and it’s a
recipe for disaster.

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You want to be in an organization
where somebody will tell the boss
before the boss is about to do
something stupid.
~Richard Thaler

13. Who do you want to be?
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How we spend our days is, of course,
how we spend our lives.
~Annie Dillard

15. 4 Questions To Ask Yourself
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1. What are you building? For whom?
2. What kind of company culture are you building?
3. Who is on your team? Are they different from you?
4. Who do you want to be? What kind of life are you
building for yourself?

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Eva Wong
@Borrowell
@eva_toronto