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SA&M Preccelerator Alumni Napkin Finance Featured in The New York Times

Preccelerator alumni company Napkin Finance and founder Tina Hay were featured this past week in The New York Times. The interview discusses her new book by the same name “Napkin Finance: Build Your Wealth in 30 Seconds or Less.” Ms. Hay, a Harvard M.B.A., covers things as diverse as investing and saving for retirement and cryptocurrencies, digital money that can be sent electronically.

To read the full article in the New York times, visit here.

About Napkin Finance
Napkin Finance empowers readers by educating them about their money in a fun, engaging, visual way. We create unique content—including images, infographics, videos, and articles—that breaks complex financial topics down into simple, easy, bite-sized lessons.
Their content reaches more than 80 million households worldwide through their partnerships with global financial institutions such as JP Morgan Chase and UBS. (Learn about working with us.) They also engage with readers directly through their website, print publications, and social media channels.
A core part of their mission is to make high-quality educational content available to those who need it most, which is why they donate a portion of our creative resources to nonprofits, schools, and other organizations. Napkin Finance has worked with Michelle Obama’s Better Make Room initiative, the US Olympic Committee, and others to bring their educational content to financially underserved populations.

Preccelerator Alumni Company Napkin Finance Partners with UBS

Preccelerator alumni company Napkin Finance announced this week their new partnership with UBS Equity Plan Advisory Services (EPAS) to provide financial literacy content for investments.

“Collaborating with UBS to bring their vision to life was a great opportunity for us. We appreciated the chance to further our mission of explaining financial concepts in a unique and simple way, and empowering people to take charge of their finances,” said Tina Hay, Founder of Napkin Finance^®.

To read the full press release from UBS visit here.

About Napkin Finance
Napkin Finance is a multimedia company that grew out of their own needs for a better way to learn and understand finance. They developed their platform as a quick and easy resource for everything you need to know about money in 30 seconds or less. Their mission is to empower readers to manage their money and understand basic financial concepts in a simple, fun and engaging way. In addition to Napkins, they have grown into a wide range of products and features including: Videos, Life Events, NapkinGrams, and a Glossary of Terms. Most importantly, Napkin Finance has become a community of ideas and concepts that has empowered their readers to fully understand the complexity of personal finance.

To learn more about the Preccelerator® Program, contact Heidi Hubbeling, COO at hhubbeling@stubbsalderton.com

Preccelerator Alumni Company Napkin Finance Partnered with JP Morgan Chase Bank

Napkin Finance Congratulations to Preccelerator alumni company founder Tina Hay on their recent partnership with JP Morgan Chase Bank to provide insight into topics like determining your risk tolerance, diversification, and rebalancing your portfolio.

You can check out the financial literacy campaign here.

We’re very proud of your success!

About Napkin FInance
“Everything about money in 30 seconds or less.”™ Napkin Finance is a multimedia company that grew out of their own needs for a better way to learn and understand finance. They developed their platform as a quick and easy resource on everything you need to know about money in 30 seconds or less. Napkin Finance’s mission is to empower their readers to manage their money and understand basic financial concepts in a simple, fun and engaging way.
For more information about Napkin Finance, visit www.napkinfinance.com

For more about the Preccelerator® Program or to apply, contact Heidi Hubbeling, COO at (310) 746-9803 or hhubbeling@stubbsalderton.com

SAM Preccelerator Alumni Tina Hay of Napkin Finance Featured Speaker at “Hypothesis Driven Management”

Women In LAVA and Pivotal Labs are excited to announce
a joint strategy-focused event on October 24, 2017 :

“Hypothesis Driven Management: Learn how to reduce risk
and create the product customers want.”

This is a hands on, experiential session which will take you through the initial stages of assessing the next steps for your company and potential product launch.

Event details:
Monday, October 24, 2017
6-8:30pm

Pivotal Labs
1333 2nd St., Suite 200
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Here’s a brief description of what you will experience:

Workshop Objectives and Agenda:

Building new products will always be challenging and never without risk. However, the processes for creating the right solution, increasing market fit and reducing time to market have evolved significantly over the last decade.

Learn how to:

Identify your biggest risk
Create an approach for reducing that risk
Leverage your customers to test your new approach
Generate better insights about your user that will inform all future development

You will work along side two successful entrepreneurs: Jennifer Beall Saxton, CEO of Totsquad and Tina Hay, CEO of Napkin Finance, who will share their experiences as they built their companies and made essential pivots along the way.

Napkin Finance is a multimedia company that grew out of our own needs for a better way to learn and understand finance.
We developed our platform as a quick and easy resource on everything you need to know about money in 30 seconds or less. Our mission is to empower our readers to manage their money and understand basic financial concepts in a simple, fun and engaging way. In addition to Napkins, we have grown into a wide range of products and features including: Videos, Life Events, NapkinGrams, and Podcasts. Most importantly, Napkin Finance has become a community of ideas and concepts that has empowered our readers to fully understand the complexity of personal finance. Money isn’t boring and educating yourself about it shouldn’t be either!

For more about the Preccelerator® Program or to apply, contact Heidi Hubbeling, COO at (310) 746-9803 or hhubbeling@100.26.91.60

Preccelerator® Program Company Napkin Finance is Now in Spanish!

Preccelerator Program Company Napkin Finance is proud to announce that its site is now available in Spanish.

“Our new Spanish site is designed to help empower Spanish-speakers to take control of their finances through the Napkin Finance platform.” – Tina Hay, Founder

Readers can browse by topic, including everything from investing to insurance, or by life events, such as buying a home, getting married, or planning for retirement. In partnership with Michelle Obama, their Reach Higher course has also been translated into Spanish, providing information on how to seize opportunities for financial aid.

Visit their new site here.

About Napkin Finance
Napkin Finance is a multimedia company that grew out of a need for a better way to learn and understand finance. The Napkins were inspired by challenges the founders faced as visual learners in a world of numbers and text. Starting from one sketch on compound interest, Napkin Finance was born. The platform has now grown into an extensive library with content across a wide range of topics. Today, they are thrilled to be launching their Spanish site.

Check out Napkin Finance below:

For more about the Preccelerator® Program or to apply, contact Heidi Hubbeling, COO at (310) 746-9803 or hhubbeling@100.26.91.60

Napkin Finance Founder Tina Hay Featured on Equities.com®

Congratulations to SAM Preccelerator® Program’s company Napkin Finance and its founder Tina Hay for having an article featured on Equities.com this week. The article written by Tina Hay, entitled “A 7-Point Financial Checklist to Starting Your Own Business” creates a list to help guide those new to entrepreneurship. Napkin Finance is a multimedia company that simplifies financial matters and uses napkins to teach users everything they need to know about money in 30 seconds or less.

To view the full article on Equities.com click here.

For more about the Preccelerator® Program, contact Heidi Hubbeling, Director at
(310) 746-9803 or hhubbeling@100.26.91.60

Preccelerator® Program Company Napkin Finance Featured in PopSugar Article

Congratulations to SAM Preccelerator® Program’s company Napkin Finance for being featured in a PopSugar article this week. The article, entitled “American Hustle: How the Next President Will Affect Your Finances” uses Napkin Finance’s easy to understand charts to explain how the upcoming election results will affect your personal finances.

To view the full article click here.
To learn more about Napkin Finance click here.

For more about the Preccelerator Program, contact HeidiHubbeling, Director at (310) 746-9803 or hhubbeling@100.26.91.60

Preccelerator® Program Company Napkin Finance Featured in Forbes Article

Congratulations to Preccelerator® Program company Napkin Finance for being featured in Forbes this week, discussing the evolution of the idea for Napkin Finance and what the future holds for the company.

To view the full article, click here.

Credit: Napkin Finance

You’re Invited!! Preccelerator Program Demo Day – June 23, 2016

THE DEAL

Clear your calendar – It’s going down! Preccelerator® Program Demo Day kicks off on June 23rd @ 5:30pm, and you’re invited to take part in the festivities. SAM Preccelerator® Program (1453 3rd Street Promenade, Suite 300) is our meeting spot to showcase the Preccelerator®’s current class of all-star companies to investors and the start-up community. Party on the Patio to follow!

WHEN

June 23, 2016
5:30-8:00pm – Presentations
8:00-9:30pm – Endless Summer Party on the Patio!

WHERE

SAM Preccelerator Program
1453 3rd Street Promenade, Suite 300
Santa Monica, CA 90401

TO REGISTER:

Preccelerator® Program Company Napkin Finance Partners with White House

Congratulations to SAM Preccelerator® Program company Napkin Finance, a subsidiary of CardBlanc. Napkin Finance has teamed up with the White House to promote financial literacy among students and young adults, and assist them with preparing for college and Federal Student Aid. This is part of President Obama and the First Lady’s Reach Higher, Better Make Room and National College Signing Day initiatives.

The White House just released the Fact Sheet “Celebrating Progress in Expanding College Opportunity for Every Student on College Signing Day.” In regards to Napkin Finance it states, “Napkin Finance breaks down financial concepts in a simple, engaging, and visual way in 30 seconds or less. Most importantly, it teaches teens and young adults how to make smart money decisions and build a lifetime of financial well-being. For the First Lady’s Better Make Room initiative, Napkin Finance has created a course with “napkins” that prepare students for the financial challenges of a college education. The Better Make Room collaboration with Napkin Finance will inspire and empower teens to fill out the FAFSA, learn more about options for paying for college, understand how student loans work, and encourage ongoing engagement with the Reach Higher platform.”

To read the full Fact Sheet, click here.

To learn more about Napkin Finance visit: http://www.napkinfinance.com

For more information about the Preccelerator® Program, contact Heidi Hubbeling at hhubbeling@100.26.91.60 or (310) 746-9803.