One Year Look Back: Lessons From Startup Founders in Mastercard’s Startup Engagement Program

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One Year Look Back: Lessons From Startup Founders in Mastercard’s Startup Engagement Program

Black founders are building solutions to solve pain points in the fintech space experienced by small business owners, gamers, developers, creators, influencers and countless others who make up the innovation economy. The Plug caught up with founders from the Mastercard Start Path In Solidarity program to understand what trends they saw in their respective industries

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