The Human-Shaped Fallacy
In a service business āhumanā means three things at once, and only one of them is a cost. This is my attempt to unpick which parts of a human-shaped process are still there for a reason once agents can do the work.
Hi š, I'm Matt.
As both a Founder and Investor, I'm passionate about changing the world š of money šø.
I've recently founded Sidekick, a next gen investment manager which aims to democratise (subject to FCA approval) the wealth-building opportunities currently only available to High-Net-Worth Individuals by rethinking and restructuring products for a retail customer.
I'll be writing frequently on the Sidekick blog, so check it out. But if you want to read some of my previous pieces and wider thoughts on fintech, I've included them here.
Blog Posts ā
An Agentic Refounding
For fintechs in the middle, with neither the blank sheet nor the balance sheet, there is no half-rewire. This is my attempt to unpick what it takes to agentically 'refound' a company that already exists, top to bottom, while the plane is still flying.
Why we're building Sidekick
The vision for Sidekick and the problems we're trying to solve
Payments' Five Forces
Weāre experiencing a transformational moment in payments. In a nod to Michael Porterās āFive Forcesā (and as an ex-consultant, who clearly canāt shake his past), Iāve broken this market disruption within payments into five opportunity areas.
A-L-L in on Alt Assets
āNewā alt assets are having their moment. We have more investors, interested in more types of assets, and weāre finally getting the technological revolution required to enable this.
Fifty shades of plaid (part 1)
With regulatory tailwinds, technology advances, and growing consumer interest in being in control of oneās own data, thereās been an explosion of solutions that open up, connect and enrich previously disparate data sources.
Rejecting the gold rush of āpick and shovelā analogies
The category-leading finance āas-a-serviceā providers reshaping the industry are so much more than aĀ pickĀ or aĀ shovel. If infrastructure is the future of fintech, what do we believe makes a great infrastructure businessā¦?
Banking-on-a-Headache
Despite an explosion of interest in these new platforms, all too often the narrative is muddled. This is my attempt to unpick some of the complexity.
Pariti to be acquired by Tandem
