46: Andrew O'Brien of Goodbox - Contactless Charity Donation Boxes

Andrew O'Brien is CEO of Goodbox. Andrew brings over one decade of experience in investment banking to the table from his time at Credit Suisse and Industrial & Commercial Bank of China. Andrew was introduced to FinTech during his time as Managing Director of QixPay, ultimately completing its sale in 2017. GoodBox is a tech for good company, founded on the insight that a cashless society is having a negative impact on the charity sector. GoodBox have set out to develop the world’s best fundraising platform. Since then, they’ve raised over a million pounds for charities, and built a platform that ensures that when it comes to technology, charities never have to settle. Highlights: Problems of current contactless payments How Goodbox is overtaking cash as the main source of income Reid Hoffman on the importance of changing your pricing model Importance of managing risk for startups and scaleups Vision of solving the 'bottlenecks' in the charity sectors Useful link: Goodbox - https://www.goodbox.com/ Andrew OBrien's Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-o-brien-4b375b92/ Time Stamp: [02:33] How much are charities losing out as society become cashless [04:10] How did Andrew discover the problem? [06:32] How is Goodbox different from other solutions [09:30] How far have you come? [11:30] How Goodbox is making a difference to churches, museums and charities [13:20] Goodbox revenue model [16:00] Why you shouldn't just take a leap of faith [17:40] Working on an idea on weekends [19:30] Importance of partnering with the best in the sector [21:00] 10 year vision Go to ImpactHustlers.com (https://www.impacthustlers.com/) Visit FastForward 2030 (http://fastforward2030.com/) and Real Changers (https://www.realchangers.com/) Impact Hustlers is hosted by Maiko Schaffrath, connect on Linkedin (https://uk.linkedin.com/in/maikoschaffrath/en) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/maikoschaffrath) This podcast is produced by Podcast Publishing (http://podcastpublishing.help/)