Where are you opening your new bank accounts? 🏦 What are the key metrics you’re evaluating? 📊 Without a doubt, one key factor is size. The WSJ has a very cool chart that helps visualize 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 % 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐬. One thing that stood out to me was the American Express National Bank, especially compared to SVB!

You don't need to be handing out trophies 🏆 all day, but take the opportunities to infuse a finance mindset into the company. It's super critical, especially during these times!

My quick take on what's driving both their revenue growth and efficient expenses? 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐬 Impact on Revenue: Palo Alto Networks is able to sell more because companies are looking to consolidate vendors, particularly in this space. Impact on Expenses: Finding platforms that offer multiple solutions elegantly stitched together can be much more efficient for both direct software cost as well as employee time cost.

Thursday March 9th, 🕙 10am CT: Start noticing SVB stock price and chatting with finance community about moving money Thursday March 9th, 🕑 2pm CT (noon PT): Wired 1/3 Sudozi's SVB cash to another checking account 𝘓𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤: 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘚𝘝𝘉. 𝘐𝘵'𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦.

Access to banking and capital is critical to innovation and growth As an immigrant, I’ve seen firsthand how access to consumer capital has allowed my parents to buy a home in a great neighborhood, which has allowed me to attend great public schools and have amazing opportunities. Unlocking capital for SMBs was one of the reasons why I decided to leave Uber and join Fundbox as their first VP Finance. Fundbox uses the latest technology to develop innovative underwriting technologies so that SMBs, who were traditionally denied access to lending products, were able to instantly access working lines of capital.

Last week, you bought a mango tree that produces 2 mangos a year 🥭 🥭. Now, for the SAME PRICE, you can buy a mango tree that produces 4 mangos a year 🥭 🥭 🥭 🥭 (Because the Fed raised interest rates to fight inflation - thanks Fed!)