Small Business Obsessed - a Podcast by Autobooks

In this episode, Derik is joined by Tom Shen. Tom has a storied fintech career that includes founding, leading and serving on the board for some of the industry’s most impactful organizations.

On today’s podcast, Derik is joined by Ted Brown - Co-Founder of Digital Onboarding. Derik and Ted talk about the founding of Digital Onboarding, which like many startups, was a result of a pivot from the original idea.

On today’s podcast, Derik is joined by Nikhil Lakhanpal - Co-Founder of Narmi. Derik and Nikhil talk about the unique founding story of Narmi and how that background provides their company a unique lens on the market.

In this episode, Derik asked Kyle Bazzy – Head of Enterprise Growth at Autobooks to join him for a conversation about 2021 budgeting.  Kyle meets with small business champions within financial institutions every day, and offers up great insight on how many of them are navigating the 2021 budget season.

In this episode, Derik has a conversation with Greg Varnell, VP Engineering at Q2. Greg has been with Q2 for over 10 years and is leading a team on the rollout of the new Q2 Marketplace, a product that can be traced back to the original foundation of the company.

Defining The Jobs to Be Done in small business banking. Build your business case for small business by better understanding the JTBD of an SMB.

In this episode, Derik talks with Jason Henrichs. Jason is CEO at Alloy Labs Alliance and Founder/Managing Director of Fintech Forge. They cover a lot of topics in this interview, including Jason’s recent blog posts on community banking evaluated from the perspective of Michael Porter’s Five Forces Analysis.

Derik talks with Core LeBlanc, Chief Digital and Innovation Officer at Origin Bank.

In this episode we discuss the recent impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the small businesses we serve, and how our product principles created long before the pandemic have been able to holdup at a time when businesses are being forced to “Get paid at a distance.”

In this podcast, Derik interviews Lee Wetherington. Lee is the Director of Strategic Insights for Jack Henry. In that role he helps connect the dots between analyst reports, the day to day needs of financial institutions, and the technology teams that are building and delivering solutions. Lee and Derik talk about Lee’s latest article about the Moment of Need to Resolution, an opportunity for financial institutions to reclaim better customer service leveraging the digital channel.