Financials: A Chat With Square Co-Founder Jim McKelvey

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🗓️ 2 March 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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This week's Industry Focus: Financials is a special one. Host Jason Moser and Fool.com contributor Matt Frankel, CFP chat with Square (NYSE: SQ) co-founder Jim McKelvey, author of the soon-to-be-released bookThe Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time. McKelvey shares his experiences in Square's very early days, tells stories of his journeys through the business world, and more. You don't want to miss this one!

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0:00.0	This episode of Industry Focus is brought to you by TD Ameritrade.
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0:25.0	The Podcast that dives into a different sector of the stock market each day.
0:29.0	I'm your host Emily Flippin.
0:31.0	I'm Jason Moser.
0:32.0	I'm Nick Seidful. I'm Dylan Lewis. And today we're talking
0:36.6	Consumer Goods.
0:37.6	Wild-Cur! Wednesday. And we're talking Energy. And today we're talking Tech. Let's dive in.
0:44.0	It's Monday, March 2nd.
0:47.0	I'm your host Jason Moser and on today's financial show we've got a fun interview for you.
0:51.0	Jim McElvie is the author of the Innovation Stack,
0:54.9	building an unbeatable business one crazy idea at a time, which is available now for
1:00.0	pre-order wherever books are sold. Jim's also the co-founder of a little company some of you may have heard of, Square.
1:06.9	Yes, that's right, the Payments Company.
1:09.3	Recently, Matt Franklin and I have the good fortune to speak with Jim about what led him to write the innovation stack.
1:14.6	His experiences and Squared's very early days, business lessons from Dr. Seuss and a whole lot more.
1:20.4	We hope you enjoy our conversation. So we are here with Jim McElvey, who is the co-founder of Square.
1:28.0	Jim, thanks for joining us today.
1:30.0	Good morning, Jason. Good morning, Matt.
1:32.0	Good morning. You were here, first of all, you've just read a book called The Innovation Stack,
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