Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time with Jim McKelvey
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English - January 26, 2020 00:25 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 338 ratingsManagement Business Careers career inspiration leadership training business entrepreneurship interviews motivation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 2009, a St. Louis glassblowing artist and recovering computer scientist named Jim McKelvey lost a sale because he couldn't accept American Express cards. Frustrated by the high costs and difficulty of accepting credit card payments, McKelvey joined his friend Jack Dorsey (the co-founder of Twitter) to launch Square. In this episode, Jim McKelvey recounts the startup’s against-the-odds survival and reveals the business strategy that made Square impenetrable—what he calls the Innovation Stack.