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Podcast: Thinking Like a Bank
Episode: Episode 55: Raising Capital by Issuing Small Business Bonds with Ben Stein of SMBX
Description: Ben Stein grew up working with his parent's small business, a summer camp providing adventure expeditions, language immersion, and community service programs for teenagers. Prior to SMBX, he spent multiple years working at Square, helping small businesses, transition to credit cards and software that would grow their businesses.
During his time at Square, he helped the organization scale from 250 employees to over 2000. Post Square Ben joined Opendoor, which helps people buy and sell homes online building channel partnerships. As director of business development at SMBX, Ben, and his team worked directly with small and medium businesses and...