Max Rofagha is building the largest and most engaged finance community at Finimize, a UK-based startup media platform that envisions a world where you don’t need a financial advisor. Max talks to us about leveraging the power of community by driving up Net Promotor Scores (NPS), increasing retention, and enabling user-generated content. He also explains his philosophy of “hire slow, fire fast” and talks about how he organically created the world’s largest financial gathering through the Finimize newsletter.    

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About the Guest

Max is the founder of Finimize, the world’s largest and most engaged finance community. Before Finimize, Max co-founded an e-commerce startup with 200 employees (backed by Lakestar) and sold it in 2015. He also mentors at Techstars and Startup Bootcamp and was named one of Forbes "30 under 30" for 2016.

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Host and Producer - Jayadevan PK

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