Suneera Madhani | Source | Co-Founder and CEO at Worth
Suneera Madhani
Suneera Madhani is a true trailblazer in the business world. As the founder of Stax Payments, she built one of America's top 10 fastest-growing fintech companies from an idea to over $100 million in recurring revenue, making it a billion-dollar technology platform. She is the first female CEO to lead a unicorn out of Florida and has received numerous accolades for her success, including being recognized by Fortune's 40 Under 40, EY's Entrepreneur of the Year, Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Most Influential Women, and Inc.'s 100 Female Founders to name a few. Suneera is on her next venture with Worth AI, a patent-pending platform, fundamentally changing how enterprises underwrite the financial credit worth of small and medium-sized businesses.
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The magic behind serial entrepreneurship: How Suneera Madhani is translating the learnings from her first fintech to the second - Tearsheet
Serial entrepreneurship is a state of mind. It has been hard enough to keep established fintechs afloat during the fintech winter; it is another story altogether building one from scratch in the current climate. But some persist. Today we are looking at Suneera Madhani, who built and nurtured Stax Payments with her brother Sal Rehmetullah, … Continue reading "The magic behind serial entrepreneurship: How Suneera Madhani is translating the learnings from her first fintech to the second"
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“While many fintechs say they offer DEI initiatives, it doesn’t mean they foster an inclusive culture. Going forward, there needs to be an emphasis in the fintech industry to hire more women for leadership positions. Only 24 per cent of women hold leadership positions. those female leaders help sponsor other women leaders and in turn, create the inclusive work environment that companies are seeking. When more women are promoted, it creates a more collaborative environment and generates a higher capital efficiency. Fintech leaders looking to create an inclusive culture need to accept women, especially women of colour, into the workplace. But in doing so, a few behaviours need to stop, including talking over women, using sexist phrases and microaggressions and underestimating employees, women or not. Beyond this, help employees understand the importance of DEI with training and workshops, create unbiased hiring practices and promote equitable decision-making.”
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"There isn't a standardization on the business credit score. One of the reasons why it's been missing in the marketplace for so long is because no one's had that real-time access to that financial data." – Suneera Madhani told Inc.
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"At Worth AI, our goal is to foster strategic partnerships with esteemed companies like Equifax, a global leader in data and analytics, to revolutionize how small businesses operate. Aligning Equifax's data solutions with the Worth AI platform will speed the process of securing unbiased lines of credit for businesses that are equitable.”
