In this episode Kabir Syed, founder of Ennabl, who shares his journey from an accidental entrepreneur to leading innovative ventures in the insurance industry. Kabir reflects on the challenges and lessons from his first startup, RiskMatch, which provided analytics for brokers and carriers before being acquired by Vertafore. With Enable, he focuses on streamlining data integration across fragmented systems in the insurance brokerage space, emphasizing the critical need for seamless and accurate data to enable future AI applications. Kabir highlights the importance of building trust with clients, leveraging initial free trials to refine the product, and the challenges of navigating entrenched industry behaviors. He advises entrepreneurs to focus on processes over lofty goals, remain optimistic through setbacks, and take incremental steps toward innovation in a complex and evolving industry.
The Podcast
Join Dave Wechsler as he dives into the amazing world of Insurtech. Every week we chat with a stellar panel of industry experts, VCs and special guests. As one of the first Insurtech operators turned investor, Dave leads OMERS Ventures Insurtech portfolio which includes investments in well-known players such as Clearcover, Foresight and Joyn. Dave is an active writer and speaker on emerging technologies in the InsurTech space. He is also a licensed P&C insurance producer.
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