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Jul 26, 2023 · Dan Macklin, Co-founder of SoFi, Joins Summer as President to Help More Students and Families Navigate and Reduce Student Loans. Business Wire. Wed, Jul 26, 2023 3 min read.
- Introduction
- Business Model of Sofi
- Advice to Entrepreneurs from Dan Macklin
Martin: Hi, today we are in San Francisco in the SoFi office. Hi Dan. Who are you and what do you do? Dan: My name is Dan Macklin and I’m one of the co-foundersof SoFi. We are a consumer finance company. We lend money to people across a variety of sources and ways. Martin: Tell us about your background. So what did you do before you started SoFi an...
Martin:And how did you start about entering the market in terms of, when did you build the platform and where did you first acquire the customers? Did you focus, at first, mainly only on the Stanford University because it was easier, you had some access to students? Dan:We did. We developed our idea in the last five months of our time at Stanford. ...
Martin:Dan, what is your advice to first time entrepreneurs? Dan: I’ve seen a few people try to start companies out of business school, and I think the idea that you have has to be fundamentally different from what’s there today in the market. Because if it’s only a few percent better than what’s out there today, the chances are you’ll hit an obsta...
Dec 10, 2015 · Dan Macklin. A personal finance expert, Dan is a co-founder and head of Community & Member Success at SoFi, the nation’s second largest marketplace lender, offering student loan refinancing,...
- dmacklin@sofi.org
Jul 26, 2023 · NEW YORK – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Summer, a certified B Corporation that advises hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers across the country, announced today that Dan Macklin is joining the executive leadership team as President. Macklin has an established history of leadership in financial wellness, including in the student loan space ...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2023-- Summer, a certified B Corporation that advises hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers across the country,...
