Jon Blackwell

Mobile payments. Startups. Fintech. Emerging markets. Food mistakes. Co-founder @talamobile, formerly @cashapp, currently @joinhomebase

[Jon Blackwell @jonbwell]

@agreeahmed These are the best of times

[Jon Blackwell @jonbwell]

@LosPadresNF I have reservations to camp in Reyes Creek Campground tomorrow (Saturday the 18th), but can't tell if the forest and campground are open. Can you confirm?

[Jon Blackwell @jonbwell]

@TrungTPhan

[Matt H 🇺🇦 @mdharrisnyc]

If you aren’t paying attention to @trueaccord becoming a massive business you should be.

And if you’re still in the camp that you can’t build a technology driven and customer friendly collections based venture backable biz then idk what to tell you.

It’s clearly happening

[Shivani Siroya @shivsiroya]

Honored to be leading this incredible team! Proud of our team for their resiliency & determination to enable financial agency for our 6M+ customers around the world! We’re going to keep working hard to build out more services faster to serve our current and future customers.

[Tala @talamobile]

Check out how Tala is teaming up with @Visa, @circlepay and the @StellarOrg to bring crypto solutions to the underbanked. https://t.co/tQoU4Oacta

[Tim Yu @timzyu]

We're hiring a PM to lead the consumer experience at @trueaccord for millions of Americans in collections that need help. It's a high ownership/impact role at a 🚀 fintech that walks the talk of being mission-driven! DM me, or tag a PM 🙂

https://t.co/nRaRR7ttF6

[Jon Blackwell @jonbwell]

The team @trueaccord literally wrote the book on how to perform debt collection in a consumer-centric way. It's a no brainer for all the US based fintechs out there

[TrueAccord @trueaccord]

Attention #fintech: we wrote the definitive book on digital debt collection just for you.

If you extend consumer credit (whether in digital banking, lending and personal finance, or POS financing), this (free!) guide is for you:

https://t.co/ISEEGmiG7C

[Jon Blackwell @jonbwell]

@bpmilne Yup!

[Naval @naval]

The human brain isn’t designed to process all of the world’s emergencies in realtime.

[Jon Blackwell @jonbwell]

@will_mannon You mentioned this in your last newsletter and it inspired me to go out get the book. Almost done now and really enjoying.

Feels like the primary message is - stop trying to escape the world, keep pushing yourself and you'll be happier

[Jon Blackwell @jonbwell]

I've been writing more since covid hit and found there is a lot of friction when searching my notes for stats, quotes, or images.

Would love to hear from my fellow writers and content creators if they feel the same: https://t.co/wrXODKAiSG

[Jon Blackwell @jonbwell]

@m2jr @m2jr - I really enjoyed your Backcasting piece. In an effort to try to understand it more, I mapped it back to my own experience building Tala. Would be curious to hear your thoughts https://t.co/cGXiORIuDh

[Shivani Siroya @shivsiroya]

In addition to seeking community collaborations, we launched the Tala Rebuild Fund across our markets to help sustain small businesses providing essential services to their communities during COVID-19. Email us at [email protected] to get involved.
https://t.co/vZyIGt2Cgr

[DFS @dfsventures]

⚡️Attention African Founders⚡️

We’re bringing in topic experts from Silicon Valley & Sub Saharan Africa to answer key questions that African #founders face on our next Sufficient Balance Sessions webinar.

What are you most interested in learning more about?

[Jon Blackwell @jonbwell]

Constraints breed creativity https://t.co/T76RjIwjRj

[Jon Blackwell @jonbwell]

We'll buy time through the election with debt forgiveness and the stimulus package, but Q1'21 will be a time of reckoning

[Jon Blackwell @jonbwell]

Student loans, medical bills, and credit card debt are the primary reasons why Americans can't handle a $400 unexpected expense.

Now with #COVID19, 60% won't be able to meet their financial needs in 30 days of quarantine. https://t.co/D8vZCa4Vze

[Jon Blackwell @jonbwell]

It took some time, but I think Angelenos are finally taking the situation a little more seriously https://t.co/G1qGzFEaC3

[Jon Blackwell @jonbwell]

@sacca