Tal Schwartz
Co-founder of North Exit Ventures. Driving capital and conversation across Canadian fintech.
I’m not sorry for treating almost everything in life like starting a business.
Three winning principles
01
Start before you feel ready.
Clarity usually comes from doing, not from thinking about doing.
02
Take ownership early.
Most things improve quickly when someone decides they are responsible for the outcome.
03
Distribution matters more than the product.
It is not enough to build something good if no one sees it.
One thing to takeaway
Linear careers are overhyped.
Tal is a General Partner at North Exit Ventures and the author of the Canadian Fintech Newsletter, one of the industry’s most widely read publications. He founded Lenders API, which he sold to Trust Science, and established the Canadian Lenders Association, scaling it into the country’s largest financial services trade group. As a specialist in Canadian regulation and market dynamics, Tal leverages his platform to guide early-stage founders through the complexities of building and scaling in the financial ecosystem.