This week on the podcast we welcome Joe May to the show. Joe is the CEO of Swyf Inc. Swyf is a group of ambitious software engineers, product creators, and most importantly, regular people that just want simple finance tools to help us live our life. They believe everyone should have access to the best financial options - no strings attached.  In this episode Joe talks about what he and his team are working on at Swyf, comparisons between Venmo and Swyf, and what he believes is the best way to tackle marketing in todays world.

Time Stamps:

4:00 - Why use Swyf over Venmo?

5:00 - What does user acquisition look like for you?

6:39 - College kids push tech adoption

7:53 - You’re gonna need to use it when your grandkids are using it

10:05 - It just needs to work the way it should

11:06 - This isn’t an Android podcast

13:53 - What kind of hurdles are you trying to overcome?

17:00 - How much money do you leave in Venmo?

21:00 - “I miss you, call me” in the Venmo comments.

23:49 - The cycle of privacy

30:00 - The state of TikTok and Social Platforms

32:55 - When did you get into crypto?

37:30 - Steve Jobs was a marketing genius

46:00 - Micro influencers

1:05:30 - You can’t tell it’s a bear market in San Fran

1:07:12 - I love collecting shirts from companies that might fail

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