Will Bryant is the Co-Founder and Head of Business Development at Quantalytix. Quantalytix is a fintech company created by bankers and for bankers with an emphasis on visualizing Loan Data. This conversation covers Quantalytix's origin story, how they find customers, how they validated their business model, how they determined their product roadmap, their company work culture, Will's journaling practice, the importance of gratitude, shifting into finance after a career in private equity, hybrid work, the Birmingham Startup Environment, and much more.   Chapters: 00:00:00 - How Quantalytix Started 00:03:04 - Taking Steps after the Initial Meeting 00:06:09 - The Startup Environment in Birmingham 00:09:11 - The State of the Business: Scalable and Self-Service 00:12:15 - Importance of Marketing and Branding 00:15:30 - Gathering Data from the Market 00:18:48 - Building with Early Customers 00:21:44 - Hybrid Work Model and Daily Stand-ups 00:24:44 - Finding a Career in Finance 00:27:45 - Opportunities in Health and Wellness 00:30:43 - Journaling Practice and the Current State of the Market 00:33:50 - Adjusting Lifestyles and Resetting the Economy 00:37:01 - Gratitude and Appreciation   Check out Quantalytix → Website: quantalytix.com   Connect with Will: → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-bryant-541202119/   Resources Mentioned in The Episode: → Innovative Depo: innovationdepot.org → Christopher Aliotta: linkedin.com/in/christopheraliotta → Bloomberg Terminals: bloomberg.com/professional/solution/bloomberg-terminal → Birmingham Business Journal: bizjournals.com/birmingham → Alabama Power: alabamapower.com → ChatGPT: openai.com/blog/chatgpt → First Republic (Article): thestreet.com/banking/what-happened-to-first-republic-bank   Help The Louis and Kyle Show: → If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend or leave a review! → Leave a review: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1504333834 → Drop us an email: [email protected] → Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb6qBiV1HAYcep87nKJmGhA   Follow The Show on Social Media: → Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouisKyleShow → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/louiskyleshow/ → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/65567567/   Connect with Louis and Kyle: → Read Louis' Newsletter: https://louisshulman.substack.com/ → Louis' Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouisShulman → Kyle’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/_kylebishop → Louis LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisshulman/ → Kyle’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-bishop-7b790050/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit louisshulman.substack.com