Happy Sunday, friends. Today I wanted to share an update with you about our journey at Novel Capital. We recently made a huge addition – an upgrade, actually – to the team at Novel Capital. We hired Mike Luebbers as our Chief Credit Officer to help us continue to grow our business and develop unique new products. I credit this community with our ability to hire Mike, but I’ll come back to that point.

I’ve gotten to know Mike pretty well since I invited him to join me as a guest on the Speaker Series way back in March of 2021, where he shared what he’d learned about RBF in his time as Chief Credit Officer at Lighter. Since then, we’ve worked together on a few projects, and I have been consistently blown away by Mike’s integrity, knowledge, experience and perspective. Mike is a rock star. He isn’t the traditional “credit guy”; rather, he thinks about credit creatively. And he shares a passion for helping entrepreneurs build their companies with the right capital product at the right time, which made him such a great fit for what we’re building at Novel. 

So when it came time to bring in a Chief Credit Officer to enhance our credit capabilities and develop new products, Mike was the first and only person we called. Seriously, our list of ideal candidates was one person deep. After researching who would be the ideal fit for our team and mission, all indicators kept pointing back to Mike.  

My point: this RBFN community is the reason I initially met Mike (and many others who have impacted my thinking and trajectory along the way), and I’m incredibly grateful for that. Our community includes talented, smart, and generous people who are willing to help each other grow and learn. We are a deep well of potential help, so make sure you’re engaging with community members. Reach out via the Facebook group, reach out to Speaker Series guests, reach out to me to meet the folks you want to meet. Trust me – our community pays dividends.