The Journey of the Long Distance Founder

My name is Leon Fischer-Brocks. I’m co-founder and CEO of Bloxley, a digital finance app gearing towards launch. At 24, I’m at the start of my journey, young enough to challenge conventions, but with experience enough to know that execution is everything.

Like many in this space, I am at the crossroads of vision and reality, staring down the exhilarating and daunting task of bringing a financial startup to life.

If there’s one truth that has become abundantly clear to me in these early days, it’s this: → No one builds a fintech alone.

To implement consumer-facing digital finance you need to crack a logic and people puzzle where technology, compliance, marketing, human resources, and customer acquisition work in harmony to create a best-in-class product. The reality is that ambition alone won’t cut it. During these late evenings I have realised that, above all, you need the right people around you to succeed.

Already Bloxley has been incredibly fortunate to have its fintech vision recognized and supported by an outstanding mentor network - leaders, investors, and innovators who understand the industry and believe in the product.

It is through strong support that Bloxley quickly secured funding and built a consumer finance app for the USA market. Importantly, with a unique emphasis on quality, we went the extra mile to develop proprietary technology for an in-house personalized app. We did this to stand out from competitors.

A special thanks to Mbanq for supporting Bloxley with its embedded finance platform. Mbanq’s team have also helped unravel the deeper mysteries of the industry. Having the right technology and compliance partner is the difference between scalability and stagnation. It will help us lay the foundation for an app that is built to last and to scale.

Of course, this is just the beginning. Ahead lie key challenges: to refine and launch successfully, to solve ongoing compliance requirements, and, most critically, to implement a wonderful product that attracts and retains customers. These are challenges I’m eager to take on.

Again, this will take the right people, the right team and the right partners and collaborators to succeed.

The road ahead is long and full of opportunities. I would love to connect with you, dear reader, and perhaps, somewhere down the line, we will work together to build the fintech of the future together.

I’ll be sharing my experiences in this blog series, discussing the realities of launching a consumer finance app and the lessons I learn along the way. I’d love to connect with others in the fintech space - so if you have insights to share or just want to bookmark me as a future collaborator, feel free to reach out.