Episode 24: Learnings from Starting and Shutting Down a Startup + Balancing Multiple Product Stakeholders with Mark Jarvie, VP Finance at Drop

On this episode of The Backbone, I chat with Mark about: His journey into tech after being an auditor and investment banker at EY, then moving leading finance at Shomi, prior to joining Drop; What Drop is all about; Balancing Drop's various stakeholders including consumers and brands and how Mark thinks about those that generate revenue for Drop (brands) versus consumers who use Drop for free; The valuable lessons from Shomi as one of its earliest employees on the project to shutting it down; The importance of the finance function at a technology company.