Every successful venture starts with 2 things

by Brian Pillmore | Feb 9, 2023 | Brian's Blog

Every successful venture starts with 2 things:A small niche.A big vision.Jeff Bezos is the KING of this.At no point was Bezos’ vision to sell lots of books.It was always to disrupt Old World businesses with New World methods.Making the internet the new default for...

It’s much easier to eat someone’s lunch than it is to steal their entire business.

by Brian Pillmore | Feb 8, 2023 | Brian's Blog

Here’s what I mean: If you’re going to compete in the banking world, you’ll never succeed trying to be the next Citi Bank.The big players will CRUSH you. What you can do is find a small part of their business and crush THEM on that 1 thing. For example: Citi...

Make more money with 0 extra effort using this 1 simple phrase:

by Brian Pillmore | Feb 7, 2023 | Brian's Blog

“What you put out is what comes back to you.” You might think it sounds a little woo woo,But it’s 100% the truth. 12 years ago I joined a big bank as a completely inexperienced sales guy. My first assignment was to go find customers. On my first day, my “buddy” that...

Which comes first:
Your product?
Or your target market?

by Brian Pillmore | Feb 6, 2023 | Brian's Blog

Ask a Marketer, Product Manager, Brand Strategist, etc. and you’ll probably get the same answer from all of them:Your Target Market. Here’s why they’re ALL wrong. Ok a little harsh… They’re just not exactly right… When it comes to creating a new financial service or...

The world is getting smaller every day.
Here’s how you can use that to your advantage in banking/finance. ????

by Brian Pillmore | Feb 3, 2023 | Brian's Blog

This hyper-connected, small world that we now live in makes it possible to source talent from anywhere to either get better talent, or similar talent for a lower cost.Sometimes you might even get both. When it comes to banking,The big players are always going to get...

3 ways that delaying a software merger – especially Core Systems – will CRUSH scaling efforts for your bank.

by Brian Pillmore | Feb 2, 2023 | Brian's Blog

1: An “interim” integration solution quickly becomes permanent2: You WILL run into more problems long-term3: It severely limits further growth Before we dive into these, let’s address the elephant in the room: Merging Core Systems sounds like the common sense thing to...