The world is sleep deprived and innovators are perhaps the most sleep-deprived human beings of all. And, MPD CEO Karen Webster says, there’s a lot to lose sleep over. From making sure they’re solving the right problems, protecting the right information from the bad guys, and not being blindsided by the big trends that they didn’t see coming, the little bit of sleep that innovators do get is probably not that restful. She lays out six things that she says probably keeps innovators – and just about everyone else in payments – awake at night. Are they the same things that keep you tossing and turning?
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