Jamie StewartFounder & CEO

Binq is an AI business assistant built for SMEs. It helps business owners access funding, reduce costs on services like insurance and energy, understand their finances, and receive AI-powered business support from one platform.

After spending around ten years touring as a musician, I wanted to build something with long-term potential. Music also gave me enough flexibility to start businesses while continuing to perform.

Performing on stage taught me confidence and presence. Those experiences made pitching to investors and speaking publicly far less intimidating because people respond to conviction more than perfection.

I focus only on taking the first step. Big goals become much less frightening once you've started moving, and momentum makes the next decisions easier.

Once we found the right AI infrastructure partner, we combined that technology with my commercial finance experience to create an AI-first platform for small businesses.

The first version wasn't successful, but because we had already committed to building it, we kept improving rather than giving up. Failure became part of the development process.

Innovation doesn't come from constantly working. Some of the best business ideas appear when you're disconnected and giving yourself space to think creatively.

Travelling—especially where time differences forced me away from work—gave me clarity and produced many of my best business ideas and solutions.

Trying too hard to save money. Being excessively focused on cutting costs often slowed progress and wasted valuable time.

Today I invest where it matters. That mindset has allowed us to achieve in months what previously took years.

Mistakes are only valuable if you remember them and apply the lessons. Every setback becomes useful experience for future decisions.

Take the first step, trust the process, and don't let fear prevent action. Most opportunities only become clear after you've started.