I shared this with a friend a few years ago. It's humbling to work on a project long enough to see most of your best work replaced by something new. A lot of the work I contributed to in the early days at Dwolla, we've shut down or replaced. Even my early business models have… Continue reading Saying Goodbye To Old Products
Category: Rant
Showing up
I was having a conversation with Jami this afternoon at brunch about different books that friends or acquaintances have written and how that ends up changing our relationship with them, normally for the better, because of how much more we know about them and the depth of what we're able to discuss when we are… Continue reading Showing up
5 Takeaways from 2016
2016 is a year that I'll remember more about how I felt emotionally rather than the milestones. The specifics of it I don't think I will recall well 10 years from now. I think I'll remember more about how I felt at various points this year as opposed to specific events. Jami broke out on her… Continue reading 5 Takeaways from 2016
Automation we will live to see
// Over the last few months I've been back on a plane quite a bit. Its given me time to do some reading. Specifically, Cybernation, Who owns the future, and But, What if We're Wrong. // You'd be right to expect this has something to do with financial services, but doesn't! A lot of the discussions… Continue reading Automation we will live to see
Build fintech products, faster.
A key advantage to developers using Dwolla's white label APIs is that they get their businesses to market faster. There are other advantages to big established businesses but this article has precisely nothing to do with that. Very plainly speaking... Ease of access for developers with a strong market need means more experiments will be built. More… Continue reading Build fintech products, faster.
Sacred Moments
Life is full of weird and fleeting experiences. Most of which will be forgotten because the memory isn't important enough to be called upon. It's unfortunate, yet true, that most of life is comprised of things that may influence you but are mostly forgettable because the experience is insignificant and truly unimportant. Thankfully, there are also… Continue reading Sacred Moments
The Power of Default
I served with a board member a few years back who said something that I'm reminded of on a regular basis. Never underestimate the power of the default setting. What he meant by that wasn't always user-centric. At least I don't think so. This is an interesting statement when put into the context of how powerful… Continue reading The Power of Default
Connecting a Blockchain to the Establishment
When I say establishment, a few examples that could fit are: Financial Institutions. Banks and credit unions. Governments. State and Federal. Regulated exchanges. Media companies. Now that we've got that out of the way, I'd like to share what is an obvious overlap between blockchain based technologies that are recording asset transfers in a open ledger… Continue reading Connecting a Blockchain to the Establishment
3 Things I Hope To Leave You With
In 2012, 2013, and 2014, I wrote about hard lessons learned. Many of the hard lessons were memorable because of how devastating each lesson felt at the time. In 2015, I didn't have time to write a post. The adage, "you make time for the things that are important" is true in this case. My annual post fell… Continue reading 3 Things I Hope To Leave You With
Advantages of Dwolla.js
The team surprised a few people last week with Dwolla.js, which makes integrating Dwolla's authorization service for bank accounts easy. As a developer, here is what the snippet looks like to take advantage of the new functionality. <head> <!-- Include dwolla.js on your page --> <script src="https://cdn.dwolla.com/1/dwolla.js"></script> </head> The 5 advantages that stick out most to me are: Time to get… Continue reading Advantages of Dwolla.js