Christine Simone @chris_simone Twitter profile

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Christine Simone

3 years

Excited to share that @caribou_wealth has raised $3M led by @maxaltman and @jaltma to fuel the next chapter of our growth 🚀 The round includes incredible investors like @chrissyfarr @jgreze @arjunsethi @lesliejz @stephensikes_ More by @TechCrunch 👇

Caribou grabs $3M to remove the ‘unexpected’ from healthcare cost planning | TechCrunch

The company helps advisors and their clients identify the right health plan and if you may need long-term care planning (spoiler, you probably will).

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

I led our recent fundraise, was heavily quoted in the TC article, and had 200k views on my social posts. And yet, all inbound VC interest went to my male cofounder’s inbox. These VCs are going to miss out on incredible companies led by women (not just ours) with this mindset.

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

Officially convinced that a sales background is the most valuable one for a founder. Coming from Harvard or McKinsey matters a lot less if you can’t get users, raise money, or recruit (all sales)

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

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Life update: I moved to SF 👋🏻 Miami was good to me but it was hard to find people in the trenches, building in the early days. I’ve learned most things from other founders and I’m pumped to be around that 24/7. SAY HI IF YOU SEE ME!!

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

11 months

Forbes 30 under 30 🥹

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

mornin

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

Thrilled to be building in Miami! 🙌 @CityofMiami @FrancisSuarez @saif305 @ErickGavin7 @Kevin_A_Ruiz @VentureMiami

Nancy Dahlberg

@ndahlberg

3 years

MORE FUNDING NEWS: Caribou raises $3M in quest to make healthcare-cost planning accessible via @refreshmiami #miamitech @chris_simone @francissuarez @VentureMiami

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

Onboarded a new hire today who spent over a decade at one of the largest insurance companies. When asked what she is most excited about she said "Taking my healthcare knowledge and doing something bold that actually puts the consumer first." 🥲

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

I love how clients are always surprised when they call our 1-800 number and get me on the line 😂 (Most of these calls are tech issues or prospects - both of which provide really valuable feedback for founders!)

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Closed our biggest deal yet, onboarded a new team member, and put out a customer fire all before noon from the comfort of my pjs. Happy Monday!

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Name an investor whose guidance, support and friendship has far surpassed the value of any check they gave you or could ever give you. I’ll go first: @alexandernorman ☺️

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Started a company and raised money but I’ve never stepped foot in SF… until next week 👀 Who’s around March 8-11?! Have more coffee chats booked than my bladder can handle but got room for a few more!!

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

It's sexier these days not to spend money as a founder. Snuck my way into a conference a couple weeks ago for free. Secured a new customer, company advisor, angel check, and headshots. Cost: $45 in ubers Had a bit of fun with the headshots cause why not

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

In less than a week we went from possible collapse due to a bank run to being the top voted new to market software in an industry-wide report on financial services technologies. Whoever warned me of the ups and downs of startup life didn’t tell me they’d be THIS EXTREME!!

Caribou

@caribou_wealth

2 years

Our customers are such big advocates for what we do that Caribou was “the leading vote-getter” for technologies that should have been included in this year’s @t3techhub Insight Information Technology Survey, per @BobVeres and @FinTechie ! 🎉 #T32023

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

@founderannie YES! That's the crazy thing

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

1 year

Very few things I care about more than the intersection of health and wealth 💙 Incredible past 48 hours at @FutureProofAC !

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

First time founder hack: get a bunch of 2x founders on your cap table so you can learn from all the mistakes they’ve made in the past and what they did differently the next time around.

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

1 year

Closing deals on the 31st after 5pm is a thrill that never gets old.

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

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TechCrunch

@TechCrunch

3 years

Caribou grabs $3M to remove the ‘unexpected’ from healthcare cost planning by @christinemhall

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

Just lost a candidate in late stage interviews who decided their current startup really burnt them out and they are "weary of jumping back into early-stage startup life." Is this unavoidable? How can we create environments so people can work for startups for forever!?!

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Processing your emotions is a competitive advantage for startup founders. Everyone gets stressed, tired, or even excited, but the best can quickly move past it to think clearly, make good decisions, and execute.

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Happy to announce our team has outgrown the ability to use only our first names as our emails 🥹

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

“Describe your perfect Sunday morning.” Me:

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

Our first female dev starts today ✨ (PSA: focus on diversity early, founders)

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Hug your grandparents ❤️

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

We hired my little sister for the summer. She's never worked at a startup. Slack msgs from week 1: Mon: Ok boss lady Tues: What's standup? Wed: *posts giphy in dev channel* Thurs: When are you shipping the next release? Fri: Can I live in your pool house? They learn so quick 🥲

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Very fitting that I am part of the 2% of women that have raised venture capital and the 2% of people that got eras tour tickets✌🏻

The Swift Society

@TheSwiftSociety

2 years

📰| The probability of getting a @TaylorSwift13 tickets are 2% — According to research by @Bookies

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

4 years

I did something pretty cool today and I just wanted to say I'm proud of myself ✨✨✨✨

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

Got interviewed today re. funding distributed to underrepresented founders in 2021 Most surprising stat they shared with me: the # of meetings booked with female teams is higher than males, but funding is still way lower Excited for more visibility on this when it's published

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

The generation entering the workforce right now terrifies me. Was just speaking with a recent grad who told me she was looking for a job. I asked “are you into tech?” and she said “I’m into doing the least amount of work possible.”

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Miami is a great cycling city if you can wake up before the heat and ignore the constant fear of dying from the terrible drivers

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

📢Miami companies: What's your fave coworking location? Finally time to have a dedicated space rather than hot desks and can't decide on a spot!

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

VCs: how do you find your customers? me: they find us VCs: no really, how? me:

Caribou

@caribou_wealth

2 years

These emails aren’t uncommon for us. A financial advisor requested a demo because his client wants healthcare costs included in their financial plan. Every year more clients list healthcare as a top financial concern. Will you wait for clients to ask or be one step ahead?

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Most companies are slowing down as they approach the holidays while we’re out here closing our biggest accounts yet 🤩🚀

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Founders need to have a competitive edge and a burning desire to win. This is especially important when it comes to early sales. I get excited by weird things like the words "We're also assessing a different vendor."

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

It feels weird to celebrate end of month or quarter wins when the last week has been such a blow to anyone trying to change healthcare for the better.

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

1 year

Wow, what an incredible list of to be part of! Looking forward to sharing the stage with people doing incredible things in fintech and wealth management at @FutureProofAC , co-hosted by @AdvisorCircle & @RitholtzWealth

Future Proof

@FutureProof_HQ

1 year

"Our 2023 lineup dials things up considerably with out-of-the-box thinkers who are defining the future of investing and advice. We are going to blow last year out of the water.” - @MattMiddleton__ Click below to see a full list of confirmed speakers, musical acts, and updates!

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

While I’m relieved (all funds were in SVB), founders need to be practical about the trickle effect of this on employee retention in tech, how to communicate their company’s stability to customers, and fundraising plans. Rooting for everyone that had a crazy past 72 hours ❤️

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

I deeply appreciate people who prefer workouts over happy hours (especially if they send out a calendar invite for it)

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

One of my first jobs was a snowboard instructor. It was a lucky experience as it taught me early in my career that work never feels like work if you love what you do. Spent a few days in Vail thinking about how that's true of every job I’ve had since, especially @caribou_wealth

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

We shipped something huge today and the team is PUMPED about it

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Long weekends are for guilt-free, extra long gym sessions

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

Just sent out our year-end investor update email and feeling 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

Will be sending out exclusive data to investors tmr showing just how quickly the market for financial healthcare planning software is growing 👀 If you want to make sure you’re included on the update, drop your email below or shoot me a DM (even if we’ve never spoken before)!

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: sales experience is one of the most important skillsets for a founder. Sales isn’t just acquiring new customers - it’s recruiting, fundraising, and being able to ask the right questions to build something people actually want.

Javier Ramírez Lugo

@Javib2b

2 years

Few founders get it. You have to be solid at Sales. @chris_simone is not only solid at Founder-Led Sales but has paved the way for the future Sales success of her company. Full Episode:

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Say what you will about hustle culture but there has been a very consistent correlation between times we put in really late (or early) hours and some of our biggest wins...

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Lionel Messi is the Leonardo DeCaprio of soccer and he finally just won his Oscar 😭😭

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Newest workout obsession: late night laps.

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

10 years

I tried to flip my pancake in the air... http://t.co/QShhJsH7Hc

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

The tech scene in MIA is so welcoming 🥰 In just a few days I've already met with founders and investors across South Florida. Who else should I meet? @FrancisSuarez @MiamiMayor

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

As software budgets get cut this year, we’re probably going to see a lot of startups switch to usage-based business models since they give you the opportunity to start small, prove value/ROI over time, and upsell once you’re already in the door.

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

Just Miami on a Wednesday

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Healthcare spending doesn’t really change in a recession. Although it seems like a constant, there are often ways to optimize/reduce those costs. The average user on our platform in May alone accessed cost savings of $4.1k/yr. And it’s only the start of what we have planned 📈

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

One big misconception of starting a company is that you get to pick when you work. With team members across multiple timezones and customers who typically reach out outside of their own work hours, I've never owned my calendar less.

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

4 years

Daylight savings would’ve been a good excuse to have a slow week. Instead, we had our best week yet 🎉 We onboarded our highest number of clients, got some kick-ass testimonies (“some of the best money I’ve ever spent”) and shipped to prod almost every single day.

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

1 year

Quote from Caribou's newest celebrity user, a NYT best selling author whose book was turned into an Oscar-winning movie: "Do you offer this for any other types of insurance like auto or home? This would be great to use on all my products. It was an amazing experience." 😎

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Security & compliance is a hugely overlooked competitive advantage and growth accelerant. We chose to explore this sooner rather than later knowing that we’d move up-market eventually. We just passed a top-20 broker dealer’s compliance review in less than 24 hours 🤯🎉

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Startup hack: write a customer onboarding guide that apparently sucks so much that one of your customers completely rewrites it for you to use with future customers. (Yes this happened and yes I wrote the original one)

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

@mmahalwy A few of both to get you started :) @alexandernorman @connoredwards @fnthawar @Jackabruner @mmccauley @altmbr @altheawishloff @markjgoad @MalloryJGreene

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Been a year since we closed our first customer. Feels like yesterday and 10 years ago at the same time. A few things I’m proud of: - the renewal (0% churn😏) - 3xed our ACV in Y2 - reduced healthcare cost risk by $60k Some founders dream of this. Need to pinch myself sometimes

Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

Most women: You'll never forget your first love Me: You'll never forget your first customer

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

co-founder went to the bathroom but left zoom on and i was just graced by the following

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

12 years

Accepted to UBC. I can't breathe.

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

From signing our first customer to being featured in @BobVeres ' annual report of must-have technology for financial advisors in less than a year. So proud of our team at @caribou_wealth ⭐️

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Call me old school but if you're interviewing for a sales or customer success role and don't send a thank you email then it's an automatic pass

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Currently sending out a sales email campaign (written by ChatGPT) while listening to a playlist (created by ChatGPT) and eating a protein ball (recipe by ChatGPT)

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

11 years

Officially a thunderbird! @youbc #UBC

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

People change the world but software scales people

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

Most women: You'll never forget your first love Me: You'll never forget your first customer

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Startups are often either a consulting company or a consulting company with a nice user interface

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

1 year

The odd circumstance I’m okay with someone being late to our zoom meeting

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

There are many hidden incentives in the healthcare system - even amongst the startups - that sway decisions and introduce a lot of financial risk. I wrote about a different approach that has saved our users over $1.5M in the last year 👇

Slashing Incentives: How to Help Americans Actually Save Money on Healthcare

“Incentives are the strongest force in the world,” writes Morgan Housel, author of The Psychology of Money.

link.medium.com

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Not at all phased by this because most female CEOs are used to this type of treatment, but it’s a real shame this piece is written by a woman.

The New York Times

@nytimes

2 years

Emily Weiss, founder of Glossier and a face on the Mount Rushmore of start-up culture, will no longer be the beauty company’s CEO. She's the latest of the so-called girlbosses to step away from their creations, effectively marking the end of the archetype.

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

4 years

My grandfather came to Canada "with $5 in his pocket" like many other Italians did. This year, he teamed up with @UWGreaterTO to make sure 20,000 people won't go hungry this Christmas. He is my inspiration 🥰

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

From "the most important thing was keeping the team" to "I wanted to fire half the team to reduce burn months ago but the board didn't want to" in 20 mins...

Harry Stebbings

@HarryStebbings

3 years

🚨 20VC Exclusive: Fast w/ @domm 🚨 👀👀👀👀👀 Out now…

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

4 years

Good morning to all of the hardworking women that are too busy breaking down added barriers to get to the same place as their male counterparts to recognize #IWD2021 beyond posting a single tweet 👊

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

@AmandaMGoetz COBRA coverage is retroactive for up to 60 days even if you don't have it activated. Lmk if you need help (this is my every day)

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

The amount of investors & founders who have messaged me saying they're visiting Miami in April 👀

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

8 months

Babe wake up taylor just won her first super bowl

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

11 years

@parmoonbs are you having problems with Andrew again?

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

Back in high school I beat Andrew Wiggins in a game of beer pong and that's probably one of the coolest things about me

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

@kathleenchann @bysandylin +1 on the circle of founders who have been in your shoes and can continuously pump you up

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

Avoiding spring breakers in Miami and going to work from CDMX for a few weeks ✌🏻never been - taking recos!

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

S/o to all the engineers who cause business teams to re-record product demos multiple times due to inappropriate names in staging

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

If you ever want to go from zen to fired up in a matter of minutes I recommend walking out of yoga and going straight to writing your investor update

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

If you’ve ever wondered “What on earth is Christine talking about with all this healthcare planning stuff??” then make sure to come to this webinar next week! Excited to join @AndresMazabel of @trustandwill to talk about why healthcare is a BIG part of successful financial plans

Andres Mazabel

@AndresMazabel

2 years

How are advisors incorporating healthcare into their planning conversations? Join us next week for a great conversation with @chris_simone from @caribou_wealth .

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

11 years

OH MY GOD UBC SCIENCE! OH!! MY!!! GOD!!!!!!!

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

We have our shit together. Come see for yourself!

Gio

@_gdelgado

3 years

Got told again by a candidate how great our interviewing process is 😊 So we figured we'd just share what that process actually is:

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

4 years

Customer success/service is one of the most important things a founder needs to pay attention to in the early days. You need to make your first few customers feel SO special.

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

4 years

VFPC changed the velocity (😉) at which we were able to build and launch @getcaribou . If you're thinking about applying, just do it! @UWVelocity

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

When the Thanksgiving OOO email replies start to come in and you start thinking about all of the focus work you're about to get done for the rest of the week

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

You've created a great retirement plan, you and your client both feel great, but then an issue comes up...healthcare. Don't fall short! Here are the most common mistakes I see across the industry when it comes to healthcare planning in retirement:

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

11 years

A cracked phone and a pulled quad but still an amazing night! Thank you everyone for last night ❤❤❤ best bday evaaa

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

6 months ago I wrote an article for @crunchbase about how I was being blatantly ignored as a women selling to financial advisors. Today, I'm writing guest articles for one of the leading publishers in the financial services industry. Don't give up.

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

“I’ve done more production pushes in 2 months at @caribou_wealth than I did in 2 years at my last company.” 😃🚀😃🚀😃🚀

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

1 year

This was so much fun! Two years ago, a session about Medicare wouldn’t have made it onto a conference agenda for financial professionals - let alone get 150+ attendees with one standing up midway through to say it was worth the whole trip to San Diego 🥲

Caribou

@caribou_wealth

1 year

It was a packed room at @chris_simone 's #NAPFA23 presentation! Thank you to everyone who attended 💙

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

@StuartBlitz Hard to hang up in that situation but this is probably not someone you'd want to take money from/work with...

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

Just hired our second software developer from Africa. He was hesitant to accept the salary we offered him because it was too high... Remote work has opened up a whole new playing field for attracting talent, but don't forget to pay people what they're worth.

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

3 years

@jfschneidr @chrissyfarr @Plaid @AndrewArruda

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Christine Simone

@chris_simone

2 years

It’s a very good time to read (or reread) the hard thing about hard things

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