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How Count Finance Tackles Millennial Money Anxiety with Automation & Empathy


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What if your money app actually reduced your anxiety instead of triggering it?In this episode, Laura Cornely shares how she walked away from private equity to build Count — a fintech that’s deeply personal, empathy-led, and built for millennial mental clarity.

What You'll Learn:

How money anxiety is the unspoken epidemic of our generation — and how Count tackles it

Why sales psychology is baked into the onboarding of personal finance tools

How Laura conducted 100+ user interviews before writing a single line of code

What bootstrapping a fintech with your co-founder husband really looks like

Why female fintech founders often see pain points that others miss

The startup advantage of designing for emotion, not just metrics

How Count prioritizes trust, transparency, and mental ease in their UX

Why VCs misunderstand tools built for mental health + money

Guest Spotlight:Laura Cornely, founder of Count Finance, is a former private equity executive who turned to fintech after realizing the deep emotional disconnect in traditional financial tools. She bootstrapped Count alongside her husband, driven by a mission to solve real user anxiety with radical transparency and calm tech.

If you’ve ever opened five apps to see how broke you are — this is the episode for you.Follow Startuprad.io, subscribe on Spotify & Apple Podcasts, and leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review if it helped you think differently.Don’t forget to share this with fellow founders, UX designers, and fintech product leads.Guest Name: Laura Cornely | CEO and co-founder of Count App

Blog Post: https://www.startuprad.io/post/from-stress-to-confidence-the-financial-anxiety-app-built-for-real-life

Youtube Full Video: https://youtu.be/DQajoeLWeSURelevant Resources:https://www.count-finance.com/https://www.startuprad.io/post/fintech-review-2024-navigating-trends-and-innovations-in-startups

Timestamps:

00:00 – Introduction: Money Anxiety Meets Product Design

02:15 – Laura’s Leap from Private Equity to Purpose

06:40 – 100+ User Interviews: Groundwork for Fintech Clarity

10:50 – What Millennials Really Feel About Finances

13:00 – Bootstrapping a Calm Tech Fintech with Your Partner

16:00 – UX Design That Reduces Financial Panic

19:30 – Sales Psychology Meets Emotional Transparency

25:00 – Advice for Founders Building Emotionally Sensitive Tech

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