Jimmy Chen is the founder and CEO of Propel, a fintech focused on low-income Americans. Propel has raised $18.5M to date from investors like Nyca Partners, Inspired Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz.

In this episode, we talk about the opportunity in building products for underserved Americans, how Jimmy bootstrapped the company for the first 3 years of its existence, and how government safety net programs work.

You can follow Jimmy on Twitter at @jimmychen and Joe's at @joeysweeny