Live from Finovate Startup 2008: Goal Oriented Financial Tools

There’s a definite trend among these tools being presented at Finovate Startup 2008–many of them are very goal-oriented, which I think is cool, and allow users to really track their progress toward reaching those goals. I believe that goal setting–and of course, the ability to execute on a plan to reach those goals–is one of the biggest missing pieces to the puzzle for people today. It’s part of the reason I recently joined the Oregon Council for Economic Education, as well. People need to know how to do some of this basic financial stuff, like goal-setting, and I’m liking that these new technologies are facilitating that. Be sure to check out some of the sites–see reviews from the presenters (including yours truly) at http://blog.banktastic.com.



April 29th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Are there presenters that are discussing innovation outside of the Financial Services Space?
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:47 am
No, the innovations were all financially related–most of them (but not all) fell into one of two categories: mobile banking and PFM (personal financial management).