Sep 17, 2026 · 51 min · 12 segments
On this episode of Don't Do That, Kelly Waltrich sits down with David Coyle, head of growth at Aqua, for a conversation built on decades of shared history in fintech and financial services. David…
Okay, so first I just want to say that I feel like you can definitely talk to someone in our space and know if they journeyed through financial services in an interesting and creative way, or they just like popped in for a fun time.
And you know, right? Because there's not, I don't know, I feel like it's hard to find the people who have like Like that, like lived it all, tried everything.
I was I've been in every type of advisor, every everything that's for another day.
But so you can just tell like when and you amass this like amazing perspective because you've seen all the different angles.
I remember when I was telling my wife in 15 I was going to leave and join Advisor Engine.
And my wife's the type to wait around for the gold watch, right? And I'm just like, I must.
So you had some big company jobs, but you seemingly leaned towards the startups, right? What does a person have to have to be able to withstand that and to be able to succeed? Because it's a very different mindset.
Like when I talked to Rich and I talked to Carly DeDiego, who you don't know her.
Okay, so first I just want to say that I feel like you can definitely talk to someone in our space and know if they journeyed through financial services in an interesting and creative way, or they just like popped in for a fun time.
And you know, right? Because there's not, I don't know, I feel like it's hard to find the people who have like Like that, like lived it all, tried everything.
I was I've been in every type of advisor, every everything that's for another day.
But so you can just tell like when and you amass this like amazing perspective because you've seen all the different angles.
I remember when I was telling my wife in 15 I was going to leave and join Advisor Engine.
And my wife's the type to wait around for the gold watch, right? And I'm just like, I must.
So you had some big company jobs, but you seemingly leaned towards the startups, right? What does a person have to have to be able to withstand that and to be able to succeed? Because it's a very different mindset.
Like when I talked to Rich and I talked to Carly DeDiego, who you don't know her.
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