Susan Sorensen Langer’s Post

Thanks, Gregg Saunders for hosting Spave’s inaugural Advisory Council meeting at your EOS Worldwide office. Co-founder, Eileen Lundberg, and I welcomed founding members Margaret Bransford and Jodie Thellin Skyberg. Ajay Nair was not able to join the meeting due to travel. Great minds. Whole hearts. Future forward. #eos #vision #traction #results #spavetheworld

“… modernization and digital transformation isn't about technology at all. It's about engaging your people to unlock imagination and potential. It's about living with purpose and making an impact.” — Matthew Kinney, Optum 💡#purpose #strategy #technology #imagination #potential #impact

Stimulating conversation in Sunrise Banks’ new podcast series: “Social Currency.” Eric Schurr, Chief Strategy Officer at Sunrise Banks, is interviewed by @Tyler Sydel, discussing the use and impact of deploying #Foresight into your strategic planning process to get ahead of the curve. Here are a few take-aways: - Learn. Unlearn. Relearn. - Put your money where your belief systems are. - Making finance a source for good. #futureofbanking #knowwhatyouvalue https://lnkd.in/g4kf9DRE

A must-read article for #founders over 50 published by Inc. Magazine featuring trailblazer Katerina Stroponiati, founder of Brilliant Minds. "After two decades in the startup world--launching companies and then backing them as an angel investor--Katerina Stroponiati started noticing a problem. In an industry that celebrates dorm-room startups and hoodie-clad founders under the age of 30, entrepreneurs, even ones with impressive pitches, were hitting a confidence cliff in their mid-40's, and for good reason. They were rampantly facing age discrimination, says Stroponiati." #imightbebiased 😉

Terrific insights for #startup #founders and #entrepreneurs looking to better understand what corporate venture principals are looking for and how to effectively approach and engage with them. A few take-aways ... 👉 Frustrating to speak w/ a founder who doesn't understand the regulatory environment. 👉 Looking for founders who can both hustle and balance humility. 👉 Demonstrate you've done your homework by making relevant connections with company structure and needs ... and how you bring value. 👉 When dancing with elephants, have patience and understand (corporations) are looking at the long-term. Thanks for always bringing relevant value to #FridayForums, LaunchMN!

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My first year attending #Collision2024 — and it didn’t disappoint. Yesterday’s Future of Fintech Funding session hosted by Joao Gabriel Chebante of Sinergis Investment delivered investor perspective and their consideration sets relative to market shifts. Chris Gardner — Underscore VC - Valuations are more rationale and founders are smarter. - Consumer fintech is more bearish than B2B. - You can always raise more money, but you can’t raise more time. Emmalyn Shaw — Flourish Ventures - We are taking more time to do due diligence to get the know the founders — for long term relationships. - Looking at compliance, infrastructure, embedded payments, cross-border payments, keeping eye on stable coin, generative ai market - Fintech is truly transformational … and a really collaborative ecosystem. - Pick something you are passionate about — ideally mission based — that has purpose and impact. King Goh, CFA — Headline - Need to figure out how to make B2B transactions better, cheaper, faster. - Moving away from ACH rails onto digital rails. - To build significant value, you need to have really unique, non-replicable, proprietary data. #fintech #funding #investment #impact #ai #duediligence #Toronto

This is going to be a fabulous event ... for all. #lovedoes Friday, Sep 6, at Christ Presbyterian Church MN in Edina, MN. Details below. 👇