I am pivoting my Fintech research as laid out in my P&PDP
I spent three days going through Fintech companies in a haphazard manner. Starting with a google search on “Fintech companies to watch” and then googling each company to get information like: Company website, location, founders, etc.
However, most of the time I ended up on Crunchbase.com which already has all of that data, and lot’s more. Specifically they have funding information. The amount they’ve received in funding, amount of series the company has been through and any acquisitions the company has made.
My Pivot
Instead of researching Fintech companies one-by-one, I will start honing my skills in data analysis.
Step 1: Find a good, reliable source of information similar to Crunchbase and put it into a data set
Step 2: Find a good data-manipulation tool to use on the data set
Step 3: Start analyzing the data
I will start to create data trends, map marketplaces/industries, and creating my own “web” of Fintech companies. It will be a venture into a new skill/trait that hopefully reaps the benefits of knowing “the lay of the land” in the Fintech startup world.