Brooke Roberts

But also to know that there is something here that is worth, you know, like quitting our jobs and

diving into.

And honestly, the more and more we talk to people, the more and more we realize we really needed to do that.

And there was such an opportunity for a big disruption and transformation in this area.

And so by the end of that research or near the end, we were like, you know, the risk of not doing it seemed way bigger than the risk of, you know, giving up and all that sort of jazz.

So,

Yeah, and then from there, we actually were in an incubator for a few months, which enabled us to have a late and sorry night where the three founders that went full time to kick off, where we had a place to work and just dive into making jerseys happen.

And we gave ourselves, we said we've got three months to get a product off the ground that meets what we hear is needed.

And also that meets the regulatory requirements.

And so we set out to do that and haven't looked back ever since.

Yeah, so I think what we wanted to make, we always knew that there was an opportunity in Australia and we've always planned to come over there and see how we can support more people feeling financially empowered and access to investing and wealth development.

And I think what I've been surprised at is how many similarities there are.

You've got rising house prices that become more and more inaccessible or feel more inaccessible for a lot of people.

You've got, you know, like those same sentiments of priced out, jagged out and left out seem to keep resonating from the research we've been doing for a while now in Australia.

So there's actually a lot of similarities.

I think, you know, what's different for us is, no, when we launched here, we were the first people doing this in New Zealand.

And we won't be the first in Australia, but we will be the first in the way that we're doing it, which is quite exciting.

I think key areas where we differentiate is we don't only care about making sure people have access to investing.

We really care about helping ensure that people are becoming confident and motivated investors.

So they feel like an investor is really important.