Bizzy CEO Cori Stukan on 'unfinished' business' and her advice to tech founders

"The small business owner often doesn't care if it's AI; they care if it solves their problem"

Bizzy CEO and Insight Driven PM Founder Corinna Stukan is a digital product executive, founder and advisor with 15+ years of product leadership across FinTech, SaaS and marketplaces.

Her new fintech business, Bizzy, is building up to launch so I caught up with Cori recently to chat about what unmet need she sees Bizzy filling as well as a fascinating dive into her work at Insights Driven PM.

Check back next week for a column about the latter, for now, read on to hear more about the former.

Can you explain what led you to create this platform, what's the problem Bizzy is out to solve?

My work in the fintech sector highlighted a recurring issue: I was constantly seeing this gap in financial services where big financial organizations focused on large clients, overlooking SMEs and startups - despite often claiming to champion them! This discrepancy became really clear when talking to small business owners. They just weren't seeing any of that talk come to life on the ground in a way they could access.

One of my favourite projects I’ve led was a small business insights tool for cash flow. It connected with accounting tools and gave businesses insights on their financials. This venture was launched through a bank with great ambitions and initial momentum in NZ/AU, but we never reached the scale we set out to do. That left this “unfinished business” feeling for me. I saw a real need for small businesses, and now, with the right technology, I can finally address it. Bizzy aims to bridge that gap and provide better access to finance for small businesses and startups.