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NEWS

Klink Mobile founder: “2013 is definitely our year”

5302_e622a7564f_small February 20, 2013 by Annie Sorensen

Kansas City 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 a small international team that covers two continents and three countries and the combined ability to speak nine languages. "Our main focus right now is building the team and finding the right talent," Klink founder and CEO Jessie Bishop said. … read more

OPINION

Pivoting is like the Energizer Bunny of entrepreneurship

4470_a6435d782b_small July 21, 2012 by Guest Contributor

Kansas City 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 technology was functioning and how customers were responding so that I could steer the company in the right direction. Consequently, I spent a lot of time … read more

SERIES

Founding a startup and following your intuition: Across the globe and back again

4243_2adb687ed0_small June 1, 2012 by Guest Contributor

Kansas City (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 me, a twenty-something living with my parents in Kansas City, into the public visage of a potentially billion-dollar company; a path that would take me out of my comfort zone and into a war zone; a path that would show me, time and again, the importance of intuition in the face of adversity. But, I did know that my heart was telling me something. And lucky for me, I listened. As a female founder of a mobile technology startup … read more

NEWS

Klink Mobile, Bishop determined to succeed in mobile-to-mobile transfer

3965_5612a5524d_small May 3, 2012 by Annie Sorensen

Kansas City 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 Nation was on track to generate … read more

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