Episode 185: The Highest Leverage Move in Any Room: What We Learned at Money 20/20 Bangkok (3 Years Running)
What do you get when two business coaches voluntarily walk into a room full of FinTech executives, crypto investors, and global banks — and they’re clearly not the target audience?
A masterclass in intentional expansion.
For the third year in a row, we attended Money 20/20 Bangkok — and this episode is our honest, unfiltered take on why we keep showing up to an event where we aren’t looking for a single client. Because here’s what we know: you don’t grow by staying in rooms where you’re the reference point.
In this episode, we break down what FinTech taught us about collaboration, money, proximity, and putting yourself in spaces that challenge and expand how you think. This one’s just us — real talk, zero filter, a lot of passion.
What We Cover in This Episode
- Why we go to Money 20/20 even though our clients aren’t in FinTech — and why that’s exactly the point
- The lowest leverage move in any high-level room: hunting for your next client
- How being around bigger ideas changes how you see your own business
- You don’t grow by staying in rooms where you’re the reference point — what that actually looks like in practice
- The real reason we keep coming back: proximity, vibration, and expansion over transaction
- How the FinTech industry is breaking down silos and what that models for the SME world — collaboration over competition in action
- Finance moving from the “back of house” to the “front of house” — and why this shift matters for every entrepreneur
- What a conversation with a 100K-subscriber podcaster taught us about mutual learning across different industries
- The mindset of intentional attendance: going in with purpose, not just showing up
- How Money 20/20 up-levels its own game every year — and the challenge it issues to all of us to do the same
- Why even introverts benefit from uncomfortable rooms — and how to make it worth it every time
About Money 20/20
Money 20/20 is the world’s leading FinTech and financial services ecosystem event, held annually across multiple global cities. The Bangkok edition brings together investors, startups, global banks, and emerging FinTech players from across Southeast Asia and beyond. This is our third consecutive year attending.
About The Pursuit of Badasserie
The Pursuit of Badasserie is the podcast for entrepreneurs who are done playing small. We are Lynn Howard and Amanda Furgiuele — two business consultants and strategists who believe the pursuit itself IS the destination. No fluff. No filters. Just the tools, the mindset, and the mission.
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