<![CDATA[Focus Signal: Signals Pod]]>https://www.focusignal.com/s/signalshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!meCr!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffa38d3c1-d013-47cd-bdf2-15a5c10cdd9b_300x300.pngFocus Signal: Signals Podhttps://www.focusignal.com/s/signalsSubstackSat, 18 Apr 2026 16:41:22 GMT<![CDATA[32 Fintechno Optimism]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/32-fintechno-optimismhttps://www.focusignal.com/p/32-fintechno-optimismWed, 08 Nov 2023 14:45:26 GMT00:00 | Tail Opportunity
01:40 | The Techno Optimist Manifesto
03:42 | Between a Laugh and a Tear
06:48 | The Trade Strategy Gap
09:01 | Noise and Return Asymmetry
12:56 | Just Build

]]><![CDATA[31 Scarcity & Abundance]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/31-scarcity-and-abundancehttps://www.focusignal.com/p/31-scarcity-and-abundanceFri, 08 Sep 2023 18:33:11 GMT00:57 | Scarcity & Abundance
04:37 | Fintech Data Products
07:29 | Data Moats
08:53 | Scarce Signal in Abundant Noise

]]><![CDATA[30 Finding Capital]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/30-finding-capitalhttps://www.focusignal.com/p/30-finding-capitalThu, 20 Jul 2023 17:58:24 GMT00:28 | Startup Capital*
02:12 | MVP to Angel Capital
03:06 | Doing Things That Don’t Scale
05:37 | Funding Phases
06:18 | The Pitch
07:56 | Founder Empathy

* And a perfectly timed, ominous background siren.

]]><![CDATA[29 Cracking a Business Model]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/29-cracking-a-business-modelhttps://www.focusignal.com/p/29-cracking-a-business-modelMon, 19 Jun 2023 14:38:43 GMT00:47 | Make Something Users Want
02:20 | Fintech & Financial Technology
04:15 | Information Value
08:13 | Active Managers
10:42 | Stakes & Opportunity

* Active manager performance context at 08:56 from product partner Tim Quast (ModernIR & Market Structure EDGE).

]]><![CDATA[28 Team Is Everything]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/28-team-is-everythinghttps://www.focusignal.com/p/28-team-is-everythingTue, 09 May 2023 15:50:09 GMT01:16 | Interns
02:30 | Advisors
03:56 | Partners
04:55 | Offsite
06:27 | Companies & Teams

Data Partner Content

Point Focal Team Offsite. Photo and Whiteboard Credit: Kelly Kamm (CTO).

]]><![CDATA[27 Signal Clarity]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/signal-clarityhttps://www.focusignal.com/p/signal-clarityThu, 20 Apr 2023 22:21:26 GMT01:30 | Substack to Point Focal
02:35 | Product API
03:36 | Open-Fin-Tech
04:15 | Website Baseline
05:32 | Figuring It Out

]]><![CDATA[26 Systems of Goals]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/26-systems-of-goalshttps://www.focusignal.com/p/26-systems-of-goalsFri, 31 Mar 2023 21:56:34 GMT01:12 | Systems and Goals
03:34 | Creative Destruction
04:48 | Startup Velocity
06:28 | Banking Crisis Preview

]]><![CDATA[25 Torch]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/torchhttps://www.focusignal.com/p/torchTue, 28 Mar 2023 16:55:46 GMT00:00 | What To Do
04:50 | A Beautiful Mess
06:58 | A Power User
09:32 | A Different Trade
13:06 | Transparency

]]><![CDATA[24 80/20 Product Focus]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/24-8020-product-focushttps://www.focusignal.com/p/24-8020-product-focusWed, 01 Mar 2023 01:01:57 GMT00:00 | 80/20 Principle
04:24 | Product Focus
05:35 | Try Everything
06:14 | Yarn Colors

]]><![CDATA[23 NYFIL Reprise]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/23-nyfil-reprisehttps://www.focusignal.com/p/23-nyfil-repriseWed, 22 Feb 2023 02:19:29 GMT00:00 | Presentation
01:35 | Presentation Prep
03:10 | The Pitch
04:30 | Learnings
08:10 | Demo-Day Prep
08:40 | Demo-Day
09:15 | NYFIL Reflection

]]><![CDATA[22 NYFIL]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/22-fil-nyhttps://www.focusignal.com/p/22-fil-nyTue, 31 Jan 2023 21:19:09 GMT00:00 | Seeing You Here
01:30 | NYFIL 30
03:50 | Our Own Lab
05:30 | System Economics
06:25 | Value for Progress

]]><![CDATA[21 NLG]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/nlghttps://www.focusignal.com/p/nlgFri, 27 Jan 2023 16:33:47 GMT00:00 | What is Signals
03:10 | Natural Language Generation
06:29 | NLG & The Durham Bulls
09:55 | Arria (Superhuman NLG)
11:57 | OpenAI ChatGPT
13:47 | Fintech Value Chain

]]><![CDATA[20 Twenty!]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/twentyhttps://www.focusignal.com/p/twentySat, 22 Oct 2022 16:46:30 GMT01:17 | Focus Signal & Substack
05:14 | Go-To-Market
09:37 | Hester Pierce (SEC)
10:18 | Citadel, BMO
12:49 | NYSE
14:12 | Virtu
17:40 | Larry Tabb
20:18 | Buy-Side
23:14 | Tourmaline
24:48 | ATS Innovation
27:59 | Connections
30:07 | IEX

]]><![CDATA[19 Real Ideas]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/real-ideashttps://www.focusignal.com/p/real-ideasFri, 02 Sep 2022 22:22:28 GMT00:15 | No Hair On Fire
01:10 | Real User Ideas
01:30 | Event Driven Reporting
02:40 | Updating Views
03:33 | Benchmark Analysis
05:13 | 10,000 Orders
06:50 | The TLA ESG

]]><![CDATA[18 Work Life Imbalance]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/18-work-life-imbalancehttps://www.focusignal.com/p/18-work-life-imbalanceSat, 20 Aug 2022 19:24:18 GMT00:12 | Live in the Now
01:10 | San Diego
03:55 | Point Focal
05:11 | Appreciating Stories

]]><![CDATA[17 Useful Illusions]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/useful-illusionshttps://www.focusignal.com/p/useful-illusionsSat, 23 Jul 2022 15:37:18 GMT00:17 | Soccer Goals
02:20 | Hiding the Truth
03:36 | Product Progress
04:25 | Value Creation
05:10 | Self Perspective
06:15 | Illusion Magic
07:05 | Perspective on Perspective

]]><![CDATA[16 The No-Plan Plan]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/the-no-plan-planhttps://www.focusignal.com/p/the-no-plan-planSun, 05 Jun 2022 13:15:34 GMT00:00 | Don’t Plan Everything
00:58 | Unplanned Sentiment
03:11 | Unplanned FINRA Data
03:54 | Unplanned Market Structure
04:29 | Unplanned Reporting Engine
05:09 | Unplanned Tabb Forum
05:33 | Unplanned Resources
07:14 | A Picture of the Future
07:55 | Balancing Plans and No-Plans

]]><![CDATA[15 Walking Towards Uncertainty]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/15-walking-towards-uncertaintyhttps://www.focusignal.com/p/15-walking-towards-uncertaintyFri, 13 May 2022 16:31:00 GMT00:00 | The Focus Signal Walk
02:05 | When 10% is Bigger than One
04:00 | Rick, Lex, Music, and Podcasts
04:30 | 0 to 1 to 1.1 Time Series
05:47 | NASDAQ Paper
07:20 | Portfolio Manager Happiness
08:33 | Outsourcing Dissatisfaction

]]><![CDATA[14 Zero to One to 1.1]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/14-zero-to-one-to-11https://www.focusignal.com/p/14-zero-to-one-to-11Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:41:50 GMT00:00 | The Podcast Medium
02:00 | Lex Fridman and Rick Rubin
02:30 | Going From 1 to 1.1
03:53 | Content Delivery and Discovery
04:58 | Meeting Sand Hill East
05:40 | Content Price Compression
06:58 | Going from 1 to 1.1 (Reprise)
07:30 | Deployment Strategy
09:20 | Why Signals is Fun

]]><![CDATA[13 Audio on Writing]]>https://www.focusignal.com/p/audio-on-writinghttps://www.focusignal.com/p/audio-on-writingTue, 29 Mar 2022 15:30:12 GMT00:00 | Audio on Writing
01:20 | Writing is Thinking
02:05 | Content Leverage
02:30 | Focus Signal Writing
04:35 | Writing Process
05:40 | Writing Discovery
07:00 | Focus Signal Media Stack
07:40 | Atomic Habits
08:30 | Split Personality Revisited

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