Here are 3 reasons retailers are using gift cards – their own unique merchant-issued currency – as a means of engaging customers, driving sales and positively impacting their bottom line. Read more via @mcmerchant: fisv.co/383qV7Z
Fundraising is not natural. As a Founder of 4 VC-backed companies & now a VC, it's painful to see great Founders get tripped up by counterintuitive realities of pitching.
Today I'm sharing 16 non-obvious pitching lessons that make a critical difference.
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I appreciate that @jpmorgan’s Cindy Turner started out by saying that getting “apples to apples” transaction performance #data is really hard, yet vital to understanding how well your acquirer and auth engine are performing #payments#merchant#ConsumerExperience#Money2020
I remember the Paris Cafe well from my days at 111 Wall - wasn’t “that long ago” and the Seaport has changed so much. @jimcramer#WallStreet @Gordo82928555
Regulators are in learning mode on fintech and keeping a close eye on how #innovation fits into supervisory frameworks and impacts fs firms' risk management
PwC's payments practice helps clients address a wide variety of payments topics impacting their business. Meet with PwC's leading advisors in payments, banking, and fintech will be at #money2020 so we can share our perspectives with you! #PwC#payments#fintech#digitalbanking
The most dangerous voice in a meeting is the HIPPO: the HIghest Paid Person’s Opinion.
Status disparities can fuel conformity and groupthink. When you need diversity of thought, ask everyone else to share their views before turning to the HIPPO.
#SaturdayThoughts
I went to a funeral for a great man today at which three beautiful eulogies were given. Two lines in particular resonated with me, and led to this Sunday night thread.
The first: life is not a straight line.
12 years ago this week, I turned 27. That week I was in New Hampshire.