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Innovators’ spotlight:
Lessons Learned
By Adam Perrotta, Associate Editor
It’s often said that experience is the best teacher. The entrepreneurs pro led in the following pages embody the truth of that concept.
Noting the prevalence of ID fraud while running a background screening
company, seeing the di culties educators face receiving and spending funds for classroom use, and discovering gift cards while exploring a loyalty program for a family-run grocery store—all were fundamental lessons that directly led to the founding of one of the companies below. And those formative experiences have continued to guide each founder, serving as a beacon by which to navigate the often uncertain waters
of growing a business.
These pro les are summaries of larger articles you can read in full on Paybefore.com.