Ignite · 2026-07-06 · 53 min
What if the most important financial product in your life isn’t for saving, investing, or spending - but for giving money away? Adam Nash has spent his career building consumer financial products people actually trust. He was VP of Product at LinkedIn through its IPO, President & CEO of Wealthfront as it helped define modern fintech, VP of Product at Dropbox, and an early angel in companies like Figma, Gusto, Opendoor, and Firebase. Today, he’s co-founder of Daffy, the donor-advised fund for you, which has crossed $1B in charitable assets in under five years. In this episode, Adam joins Brian to unpack why giving has been one of the most overlooked product categories in finance, and why donor-advised funds shouldn’t just be tools for the ultra-wealthy. In Today's Episode We Discuss: 00:01 - Introducing Adam Nash and Daffy’s Mission 02:20 - Adam’s Origin Story: Money, Family, and Human-Computer Interaction 05:24 - Fintech Before “Fintech” Had a Name 06:16 - What Wealthfront Taught Adam About Trust, Culture, and CEO Leverage 10:15 - Operator Playbooks from Apple, eBay, LinkedIn, and Beyond 11:27 - LinkedIn vs.
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