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Entrepreneurs: You are not alone if you feel a little clumsy at first
I fall down. A lot. But, in the process of founding two companies, I’ve learned a little secret: If you want to be the founder of a successful startup, there is nothing more important than resilience. You have to be able to take some tumbles and then, brush your shoulders off and get right back…
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Klink Mobile founder discusses the power of connective leadership
Even though Huffington Post published this article almost a year ago, Klink Mobile founder Jessie Bishop’s writings on women and connective leadership are no less timely. Last year on a trip to Kabul, Bishop writes that she was struck by the ability of the mothers, sisters, aunts and cousins of her Afghan hosts to connect…
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Klink Mobile founder: “2013 is definitely our year”
The Klink Mobile team is growing. Alan Alvarado of Mexico City joined the mobile transfer startup in December, taking on the role of CTO. Jean-Olivier Buteau of Miami* is Klink’s new vice president of business development. Together, along with part time resources in Kansas City, Mo. and a team member in Afghanistan, they round out…
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Pivoting is like the Energizer Bunny of entrepreneurship
Feeling low on energy? Maybe you just need to move in a new direction. In 2010, I was the CEO and co-founder of Prepay Nation, a company that made international mobile money transfers possible though technology integrated with top-up machines housed in brick-and-mortar establishments. It was my job to check in on how the top-up…
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Founding a startup and following your intuition: Across the globe and back again
(This is a guest post by Jessie Bishop.) In 2011, I founded Klink Mobile, a company that uses cutting-edge mobile technology to transfer minutes and money to mobile devices worldwide, and in retrospect, I didnʼt fully comprehend what I was getting into. I didn’t realize that I was embarking on a path that would transform…
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Klink Mobile, Bishop determined to succeed in mobile-to-mobile transfer
Launching a startup is a familiar task for Klink Mobile’s Jessie Bishop. Bishop in 2009 co-founded Prepay Nation, a service that allows the transfer of cellular airtime from one customer to another, even across international borders. Prior to that, Bishop worked for Euronet Worldwide, where she was initially exposed to the financial payment sector. Prepay…
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Think Big Partners embarks on ‘field trip’ with 10 Midwestern startups
At a time of year when winter-weary travelers flock to sun-splashed beaches for spring break, 10 Midwestern startups are embarking on a coastal excursion of their own. But there won’t be much of a “break” involved in this spring trip. Think Big Partners, the Kansas City …