Sally Helm
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So, Sally, you've spent the last six months or so talking to these two women in Columbus, Ohio, who've been doing something that in today's world is kind of rare.
So, Sally, you've spent the last six months or so talking to these two women in Columbus, Ohio, who've been doing something that in today's world is kind of rare.
So, Sally, you've spent the last six months or so talking to these two women in Columbus, Ohio, who've been doing something that in today's world is kind of rare.
Right. Like, where are you going to even go to get, like, big, gigantic marble columns?
Right. Like, where are you going to even go to get, like, big, gigantic marble columns?
Right. Like, where are you going to even go to get, like, big, gigantic marble columns?
Hearing all of this just really drives home for me just how many tiny parts make up a bank. And like just for how every single bank in the country, at some point, someone had to figure out how to do this stuff. Like none of it is just like available out of the box.
Hearing all of this just really drives home for me just how many tiny parts make up a bank. And like just for how every single bank in the country, at some point, someone had to figure out how to do this stuff. Like none of it is just like available out of the box.
Hearing all of this just really drives home for me just how many tiny parts make up a bank. And like just for how every single bank in the country, at some point, someone had to figure out how to do this stuff. Like none of it is just like available out of the box.
Those numbers used to be way higher. Before the 2008 financial crisis, there were more than 100 new banks opening in the United States every year. But for reasons we'll get into, starting a bank has gotten a lot harder. Hello and welcome to Planet Money. I'm Erika Barris.
Those numbers used to be way higher. Before the 2008 financial crisis, there were more than 100 new banks opening in the United States every year. But for reasons we'll get into, starting a bank has gotten a lot harder. Hello and welcome to Planet Money. I'm Erika Barris.
Those numbers used to be way higher. Before the 2008 financial crisis, there were more than 100 new banks opening in the United States every year. But for reasons we'll get into, starting a bank has gotten a lot harder. Hello and welcome to Planet Money. I'm Erika Barris.
Yeah, how do you start a bank? Why would you bother? And is there an argument to be made that more people should be doing it?
Yeah, how do you start a bank? Why would you bother? And is there an argument to be made that more people should be doing it?
Yeah, how do you start a bank? Why would you bother? And is there an argument to be made that more people should be doing it?
The title company is a success. She sells it and then starts looking for her next big idea.
The title company is a success. She sells it and then starts looking for her next big idea.