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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

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

SAM Preccelerator Program Company CardBlanc Featured as Finalist in IDEO and MasterCard Challenge

We are very proud to announce that our Preccelerator Program company CardBlanc is being featured as a finalist for the IDEO and MasterCard challenge: “How might we use the power of communities to financially empower those who need it most?”

View the Napkin Finance presentation:

https://openideo.com/challenge/financial-empowerment-challenge/refinement/napkin-finance-everything-you-want-to-know-about-money-in-30-seconds-or-less

CardBlanc is a virtual debit card that unlocks an effortless and secure mobile shopping experience. We are simplifying the process for teens to buy, and parents to provide control and supervision in a mobile environment. Napkin Finance is the brain-child of CardBlanc.

Congratulations Tina and Team! We’re rooting for you!

About IDEO – IDEO is one of the most prominent design firms in the country. They create products for IKEA, Microsoft, HBO, among others. They designed the first Apple mouse. Here is a video about them on 60 min: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/how-to-design-breakthrough-inventions-50138327/

SAM Preccelerator Program Company CardBlanc Announces Its Launch

INTRODUCING CARDBLANC –
THE NEW DESIGNER WALLET FOR A VIRTUAL GENERATION

New Mobile App Offers Consumers a Simple, Secure Solution to Shop Hundreds of
Top Brands and Share Purchases on Mobile Devices

LOS ANGELES, CA (Tuesday, October 14, 2014) – CardBlanc, a mobile shopping platform launches today, offering consumers a simple and secure solution to shop hundreds of top brands, connect with friends and share purchases on their mobile devices through a virtual card. CardBlanc is the first mobile application that provides members an all-in-one social commerce experience on a trusted digital payment platform.

Here’s how it works:

Download the CardBlanc App to receive a virtual personalized card, with your name and a unique card number.
Easily load funds or request funds from family, friends, etc.
Shop by trends, stores, categories or specific brands.
Earn rewards and share purchases with friends.
CardBlanc is secure! CardBlanc authenticates each member and uses bank-grade security encryption.
CardBlanc is free to load and free to use.

Once activated, members enter a curated shopping experience across hundreds of merchants, including, Forever 21, Saks Fifth Avenue, NastyGal, Urban Outfitters, Lululemon, Nike, TopShop, Neiman Marcus, J.Crew, Abercrombie, Victoria’s Secret, Bluefly, with new stores being added daily. Members can earn points and redeem them for hundreds of rewards through CardBlanc’s rewards program based on purchasing and sharing.

“We wanted to create a mobile shopping experience that was a one-stop shop for consumers, where they can learn to be financially responsible but still have fun shopping and sharing with friends,” said Tina Hay, CEO and founder of CardBlanc.

CardBlanc is a part of the Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP Preccelerator Program and was selected by PayPal to join the Startup BluePrint program. CardBlanc is privately funded by investors including Tom Dolby.

For more information, visitMyCardBlanc.com; CardBlanc is available now for iPhone on theApp Store.

About CardBlanc:

Founded in 2013 by Tina Hay, CardBlanc is a digital payment platform that unlocks an effortless and secure mobile shopping experience through a virtual card. We provide anintegrated shopping experience – payments, shopping, and social all in one. Our focus is bringing the best financial and shopping experience to consumers through thoughtfully designed mobile products and resources. For more information visit:http://www.mycardblanc.com.

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