How Mark Ross Went From Wall Street to Building FinTech for Business Lending
From Wall Street to fintech, Mark Ross’s career has been shaped by finding problems worth solving.
In this episode of Funding Talk, Dragin CEO Mark Ross joins Shane Mahabir to discuss his transition from institutional finance into entrepreneurship, the relationships that introduced him to the business lending industry, and how those experiences eventually led him to build technology for brokers and funders.
1:02 From Wall Street to Alternative Finance
8:39 The Morgan Stanley Trading Model
11:14 How Dragin's Story Began
14:10 Why Mark Left Morgan Stanley
16:07 Dragin's Industry Innovations
27:37 Mark's Relationship with Jay Avigdor
31:38 The 'Funder is Involved' Concern
34:15 Dragin Today
39:23 The Future
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