Steve McLaughlin

Everything Steve McLaughlin said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

TOP FOUNDERS Opinion

McLaughlin: Silicon Valley fintechs are underfunded by drip rounds

“I think that's one of the problems I'm seeing in Silicon Valley is a lot of these companies, not necessarily these wealth management companies, but in general are not getting enough funding. Everybody wants to build fintech companies. Exactly. There's no one t…”

Steve McLaughlin May 26, 2017 ▶ 14:07 671: Predicting The Future of FInTech with Steve McLaughlin, CEO at FT Partners

TOP FOUNDERS Prediction Not checkable as stated

McLaughlin: Wealth tech will have the most long-term staying power in fintech

“In the wealth tech space, that's the one of the ones I think is going to be a little bit slower to ramp, but has probably the most staying power long-term because you just keep piling assets on top of each other over the years and the stickiness level over som…”

Steve McLaughlin May 26, 2017 ▶ 3:48 671: Predicting The Future of FInTech with Steve McLaughlin, CEO at FT Partners

TOP FOUNDERS Prediction Not checkable as stated

McLaughlin: Empirical data will drive mass adoption of robo-advisors

“Once you get some empirical evidence that these robo-advisor platforms and the value of the lower fees and the tax harvesting and things like that are super, you know powerful over the long haul, you know, that empirical data is going to really propel people t…”

Steve McLaughlin May 26, 2017 ▶ 16:56 671: Predicting The Future of FInTech with Steve McLaughlin, CEO at FT Partners

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated

McLaughlin: Advisory fees scale from 1% on mega-deals to 7% on $100M

“It's different, you know, on a multi-billion dollar deal, you know, it can be a percent, and on, you know, a hundred million dollar deal, it can be seven percent. It kind of scales with the deal size, and then some of the fees can be pretty large if you end up…”

Steve McLaughlin May 26, 2017 ▶ 7:38 671: Predicting The Future of FInTech with Steve McLaughlin, CEO at FT Partners

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Partly supported

McLaughlin: FT Partners did $10B–$15B in 2016 transaction volume

“Probably 10, fifteen billion of total transaction volume. Largest deal is probably four and a half billion.”

Steve McLaughlin May 26, 2017 ▶ 2:58 671: Predicting The Future of FInTech with Steve McLaughlin, CEO at FT Partners

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Contradicted

McLaughlin: Marqeta is growing at hundreds of percent annually

“In the payment space like Marketa is growing at hundreds of percent a year.”

Steve McLaughlin May 26, 2017 ▶ 3:36 671: Predicting The Future of FInTech with Steve McLaughlin, CEO at FT Partners

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Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Steve's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
TOP FOUNDERSLEDGER	Founder & CEO, FT Partners	1	6	0% 0/2	full record on Top Founders →