Yochanan is the CEO of PawnGuru a marketplace that interfaces between consumers and pawnshops. Active in alternative financial services for the last 10 years. Yochana founded Polter Financial Group in 2007, a asset manager for life settlement portfolios. Yochanan is also co-founder and managing partner of Accelerated Life Solutions, a national life settlement brokerage firm with offices in MI and FL.

In this interview Yochanan shares:

• Following the Yad Hashem
• Wearing your yeshiva education with pride
• Finding a gap in industry
• How to test your idea against the market
• How to bootstrap
• The understanding the role of SEO
• How to obtain funding for your startup
• Understanding the mindset of a VC
• The value of participating in a Accelerator

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