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I view my position at Fundbox as that of a generalist: I get to work with almost everyone at our company to accomplish broad strategic goals. That can mean working with our Risk team to improve our policy, informing our sales processes, or analyzing how valuable particular initiatives are for our customers.",{"type":1109,"content":1148},[1149],{"text":1150,"type":1113},"I also currently manage both our Collections and Account Management teams. I have my hands in a lot of different things!",{"type":1109,"content":1152},[1153],{"text":1154,"type":1113},"Prior to joining Fundbox, I spent almost 11 years working directly with small businesses in a variety of leadership positions at large traditional financial services organizations. Think of the banks where you might have your personal checking account.",{"type":1137,"attrs":1156,"content":1157},{"level":1139},[1158],{"text":1159,"type":1113},"Where did you grow up? 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During and after college, I worked for two of the largest financial services companies in the world, during the worst of the financial crises in history. I loved working with people to provide financial solutions to everyday issues and goals, but the solutions were often “one-size-fits-all” and only served a very small part of the market.",{"type":1109,"content":1173},[1174],{"text":1175,"type":1113},"Big banks tend to lend to the most qualified customers only, leaving a significant portion of the community underserved, especially after the financial crises. That’s when I began learning about fintech (financial technology).",{"type":1109,"content":1177},[1178],{"text":1179,"type":1113},"The more I learned about how companies like Fundbox leverage data and technology to serve a traditionally underserved segment of the population, the more it became clear to me, the impact Fundbox could have on a huge portion of the business community. 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Since the beginning, my family and I have tried to honor what he has built in the best way we know how, by trying to carry on his legacy and maintaining the business over the past 50 years. All of us had the privilege of working in the store at some point or another, even as we all pursued different career paths.",{"type":1109,"content":1226},[1227],{"text":1228,"type":1113},"My father thought it was important for us to understand the entire business, so we did it all: waited tables, cooked, and helped manage the business side. No job is embarrassing when running a small business, as long as you do it honorably every time. We were lucky, imagine being able to learn any skill from someone who’s done it successfully for 50 years.",{"type":1109,"content":1230},[1231],{"text":1232,"type":1113},"As someone who manages a small business on a daily basis, my work at Fundbox has a special significance for me. It’s easy for a company like Fundbox to define what SMBs are struggling with based on data and numbers, but there are so many factors that can’t be measured that way. In order for Fundbox to truly make it easier for SMBs to do business, we need to put ourselves in small business owners’ shoes. It’s important for us to consider everything we do from the customer point of view.",{"type":1109,"content":1234},[1235],{"text":1236,"type":1113},"Restaurants like Sam’s are the businesses that Fundbox aims to help. Having that context allows me to view everything—from features of a certain product, to how we communicate with customers—through a different lens, and I get to share that perspective with my colleagues.",{"type":1109,"content":1238},[1239],{"type":1125,"attrs":1240},{"alt":1241,"src":1242,"title":29},"Mike ","//a.storyblok.com/f/67269/50054f9b01/sam-elshawa.jpg",{"type":1109,"content":1244},[1245],{"text":1246,"type":1113,"marks":1247},"Mike “Sam” ElShawa (restaurant owner and Emad’s dad) at Sam’s in 1985. This snapshot was taken by a customer.",[1248],{"type":1135},{"type":1137,"attrs":1250,"content":1251},{"level":1139},[1252],{"text":1253,"type":1113},"Why do you believe it’s so hard to be a small business owner?",{"type":1109,"content":1255},[1256],{"text":1257,"type":1113},"EE: Running a successful small business has nothing to do with what you actually do! I’ll explain what I mean by that. 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When things that are out of your control carry so much weight, you need to work ten times harder to prepare for those events, placing you at a constant disadvantage and shifting focus away from your core competency and why you actually started the business in the first place.",{"type":1109,"content":1267},[1268],{"text":1269,"type":1113},"My advice to business owners is to look for small wins. That, in turn, will inform your understanding of your overall business health.",{"type":1137,"attrs":1271,"content":1272},{"level":1139},[1273],{"text":1274,"type":1113},"From your experience doing all those jobs to operate your family business, what’s your best advice to other small business owners?",{"type":1109,"content":1276},[1277],{"text":1278,"type":1113},"EE: My father always stressed three core principles. These principles were crucial to his 50 years of business success. 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