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Going against everything that is normal to make the…. · Experience: inDrive · Education: Saïd Business School, University of Oxford · Location: London · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Andries...
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Andries Smit is an entrepreneurial leader, with a track record of success leading financial services organisations (start-ups (SME Discounts), scale-ups (DollarDex) and large corporates (Aviva)) to drive growth.
May 1, 2023 · Andries Smit. inDrive M&A and Venture Investments: Helping high-growth startups scale globally, and fight injustice. Sharing my experiences as a former Founder, CxO, and Strategic Advisor.
May 18, 2023 · Andries Smit inDrive M&A and Venture Investments: Helping high-growth startups scale globally, and fight injustice.
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- What Can We Hope to See from Upside Saving in The Future?
I was running a wealth platform out in Singapore, and we did various studies about how we can help people save more. The whole industry is focused on affluent customers, but we wanted to help the mass market customer get onto the savings ladder. We learnt that for most people, the reason why they don’t save is that they can’t afford to. Btw this do...
As a team, we’ve learnt how to work remotely with empathy. Very different to how remote working happened in the past. Working from home one day a week pre covid was easy because you could leave your personal 1:1’s or check-in sessions for days in the office. With covid, it’s all in. Team bonding, personal support and empathy had to be done via vide...
Global domination. We want to help every person on earth start saving, save more, save faster. We want every person to share in the upside that they deserve. To fulfill this mission, look for us in various apps, including your insurance, bank, shopping apps and more as we roll out further into the UK in 2021 and internationally in 2022.
Upside Founder Andries Smit rounds up the exciting activities and pressing challenges of launching a fin tech start up in the midst of the covid-19 crisis.
Read Andries Smit's expert opinions on Finextra, the world's largest fintech community. Career History - Andries Smit is CEO and Founder of fintech Upside, an experienced speaker with...
