Brock Blake
Brock Blake is founder and CEO of Lendio, an online marketplace for small business loans. Lendio offers borrowers access to loan options from more lenders than any other marketplace in the industry. Blake is an Inc. 500 CEO, national keynote speaker, and Forbes columnist.[1]
Brock Blake | |
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Education | Brigham Young University |
Occupation | Founder & CEO of Lendio |
Children | 4 |
He was educated at Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management. He lives in Utah with his wife and four children.
Career
Blake founded Lendio in 2011 after witnessing how small businesses struggled to get capital from U.S. banks following the 2008 global financial crisis. Lendio's platform enables small business owners to fill out a free online loan application, then browse multiple loan products from a network of more than 75 lenders. In October 2018, Lendio announced[2] it had serviced $1B in total loans to over 51,000 small businesses across the country.
Prior to Lendio, Blake founded FundingUniverse, a company that connected entrepreneurs with angel investors. FundingUniverse ultimately evolved into Lendio after five years in business.
Awards
Brock Blake has received several awards throughout his career, including:
Philanthropy
Through Lendio, Blake has instituted numerous philanthropic efforts to give back to the small business community. For every loan facilitated on Lendio's marketplace platform, the company donates a percentage of funds to low-income entrepreneurs around the world through the nonprofit organization, Kiva.[6] The program, Lendio Gives,[7] typically awards loans in amounts from $150 to $5,000 to early stage small businesses in impoverished countries around the world. One hundred percent of every dollar the company lends to Kiva goes to funding loans.
As of October 2018, Lendio Gives had funded[8] 4,100 microloans to entrepreneurs across 78 countries totalling $104,000.
References
- "www.forbes.com/sites/brockblake/#3f3c81b06047". forbes.com. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- "Lendio Tops $1B in Online Business Loans and $3.8B in Economic Output". lendio.com. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- "Brock Blake Wins Small Business Executive of the Year". lendio.com. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- "Utah Venture Entrepreneur Forum Announces Winners of Its Peak 100 and EPIC Ventures Hot 100 Awards". prweb.com. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- "Lendio CEO Brock Blake Named to ETA's Prestigious Forty Under 40". lendio.com. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- "Kiva Lending Team: Lendio Gives". Kiva. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- "Lendio Gives". Lendio. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
- "Lendio Donates to 2,800 Underserved Entrepreneurs Through Kiva". lendio.com. Retrieved 2018-11-02.