Michael Katchen

The next company to hit a trillion dollars in assets is going to do it in 15 years or less. Let's go be that business. Everybody said, 'That's crazy, you're never going to do it.' Ten years in, I still think we have a shot.

Every single person who signed up, I would call within 30 seconds: 'This is Mike, I'm the founder. You have my number.' The point was — your bank will never do this.

build the very simplest MVP you can possibly do... build your Excel spreadsheet do it in a couple hours if you can put it in front of the people learn as much as you possibly can

you are nothing but the people you surround yourself with in a startup and you got to have the right people to actually make something special

it's constant iteration is kind of how you get to success with a company

I think the next company to get to one trillion dollars is gonna do it in 15 years or less and I want to be that company.

The cycle of making a promise and delivering on it consistently every day is the way that over time you start to build real authentic trust with your clients.

You gotta hustle you got to overcompensate for all the product glitches and problems that you're gonna have when you launch and there will be lots with hustle.