Episode 57 - Matt Reiner | Benjamin

In this episode, Brian has a beer with Matt Reiner, co-founder and CEO of Benjamin, a financial services technology firm. Matt takes Brian through his journey of building his business - a very niche technology just for the wealth management industry. Matt describes it as “the connective tissue between your processes, and your workflows, and your technologies to execute on menial mundane tasks.“ “In the journey of building a business, the wins are celebrated but the losses are the ones you really remember more.” -Brian Carney Key takeaways: There are challenges in communication between visionary and engineer You’ll be inspired by Matt’s core mission of wanting every person in the country to have access to a real financial advisor We need more real talk involving vulnerability, challenges, and failures If you only have 10 minutes: 2:40 - What is Benjamin and how is it similar to online banking? 4:30 - What was the aha moment? 11:45 - How important is fintech and what are the biggest challenges faced in the industry? 19:00 - How to properly integrate technology 25:00 - Matt’s an author—listen in as he chats about his books 33:00 - The wins and losses of being an entrepreneur 36:45 - Don’t miss this round of rapid fire questions! Matt, thanks for joining us, it was a great show! Cheers! 🍻 HAPPY ½ HOUR DRINKS: There’s No Crying In Baseball by Evil Genius Beer Company - Brian gave it a 3.5 out of 5: https://untappd.com/b/evil-genius-beer-company-there-s-no-crying-in-baseball/3692046 Learn more about Matt: https://www.mattreiner.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-reiner-cfa-cfp%C2%AE-35159216/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattreiner Learn more about Benjamin: https://getbenjamin.com/ Learn more about Rivers Edge Advisors: riversedgeadvisors.com/ Connect with Brian Carney on Instagram @riversedgeadvisors_llc Connect with Brian on untappd.com - brcarney7 More episodes: happy-half-hour.com