Jason Raznick, CEO and Chief Zinger at Benzinga joined Mike Langford for a free-flowing conversation that ranged from how Jason overcame some early hurdles in his life to his “MacGyvering” an early DVR concept so he could watch “MacGyver" when he was a teenager and some incredible wisdom on building a modern financial media company in his hometown of Detroit.

The big topic for this episode, however, was “The Power of FinTech Events” as Jason and Mike’s relationship began and has flourished, in part, from their meeting at and then hosting FinTech focused events. The Benzinga Global FinTech Awards has grown into one of the most influential events for our space. Jason shares some of the interesting success stories from the event and why he echoes Mike’s belief that good things happen when you get smart people interested in similar things into the same room.

Speaking of the BZ Awards… make sure you used the discount code “SOFINVIP” when registering.

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