Many early-stage lenders hesitate to test new product ideas because of the perceived expense. That's a shame, because great testing doesn’t require massive fixed investments. It's often possible to get the feedback and data that you need without investing in infrastructure. If you're testing brand perception, for example, polished execution does matter, and you'll need to build some infrastructure to get that feedback. But when you're probing interest rates, risk response, o

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