Just Build It (JBI)
Colin Close currently serves as President & Company Secretary of Communify Fincentric, a company that innovates digital experiences for the financial industry, leveraging extensive market data expertise. In addition, Colin is a Co-Founder & Operating Partner at Just Build It (JBI), aimed at enhancing software companies' growth. Previously, Colin held the position of President at InvestCloud, Inc., leading the development of integrated financial digital solutions. Colin's extensive experience includes serving as President at Netik and holding senior roles at Bankers Trust / Deutsche Bank and Chase Manhattan Bank. A graduate of the Cranfield School of Management with an MBA, Colin has a foundational career that began at GKN Chep Limited as UK Operations & Logistics Manager.
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Just Build It (JBI)
Our Mission: Design, Build & Renovate Software Companies to be Best in Class. JBI’s focus is on a) Marketing and b) Innovation to automate and scale the financial sector. The founders of JBI are entrepreneurs with a 100% success record over 3 decades of creating start-ups and renovating existing companies that ultimately dominate their chosen sector, including the creation of a Unicorn from scratch. JBI doesn’t believe in luck or hope as a business strategy; we believe in proven approaches and methods to boost innovation and transform companies for growth trajectories. Today, JBI partners with companies, leveraging their assets and applying JBI Approaches and Methods to create massive value and celebrate shared success. JBI Growth JBI Growth partners with software companies to overcome growth plateaus, with a focus on the Silicon Valley Playbook – the JBI Approaches and Methods. JBI Growth partners with companies from an initial JBI Study all the way through to a successful corporate event. JBI Growth Equity JBI Growth Equity secures the right size investment to achieve the right result. JBI ensures that all interests are aligned to achieve the right outcomes, ensuring no company is underfunded (can’t achieve objectives) or over funded (creating bad habits for longevity). JBI Tech JBI Tech is focused on simplifying the build of modern software platforms to achieve maximum leverage and scale in a single secure software platform. JBI Tech is used to pilot ideas through to live massive-scale platforms used by JBI or JBI partners where appropriate. JBI Tech is responsible for the creation of JBI’s Communify platform, a demonstration of the Silicon Valley Playbook. JBI Studios JBI Studios creates dynamic content to improve the consistency of messaging across companies and drive real results. Oh, and ask us about Silicon Beach 🎬