Clayton Howes - MoneyMe: The leadership shift every founder must make to scale

If you're scaling a fintech leadership team, start at tieronepeople.com Clayton Howes is the CEO of MONEYME (ASX: MME), an Australian non-bank lender that has originated over $5 billion in consumer credit and now manages a $1.9 billion loan book across personal loans, credit cards, and car finance. In this episode, Clayton walks through the full 13-year journey: bootstrapping from a desk-sized office, listing on the ASX in December 2019, acquiring SocietyOne during the Ukraine invasion, and engineering the Horizon technology platform that now powers everything. 0:00 Introduction 1:34 What MONEYME does and 13 years of milestones 3:37 From corporate to founder 5:32 Why consumer finance over any other vertical 9:53 Why consumer fintech is the hardest category 11:25 The ASX listing decision 14:38 The SocietyOne acquisition 19:53 The Horizon technology platform 23:00 Leadership evolution from player to coach 28:37 Staying close to the front line 32:28 Why the office is always full 36:18 Product innovation and the path forward 42:10 Careers at MONEYME Links Clayton Howes LinkedIn:   / claytonhowes   MONEYME Website: https://www.moneyme.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Hire exceptional Fintech Talent ** https://tieronepeople.com/ ** Connect With Dexter **   / dextercousins   Follow us  LinkedIn -   / fintech-chatter-podcast   Contact us - https://tieronepeople.com/contact/ Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/703249/fan...) Connect on with Dexter Cousins on Linkedin (  / dextercousins  ) Hire Exceptional Fintech Talent (https://tieronepeople.com) Subscribe on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/build-relati...)