Participated in The Lydian Roundtable
March 28, 2007
Over the weekend we had the chance to partcipate in The Lydian Roundtable, an open forum for discussion of trends and innovation, mainly in the payment industry.
Many thanks to Dick, David and especially Karen from Market Platform Dynamics. While MPD historically has been a consulting company focused on payments, it’s clear that their thinking is applicable to other ‘network oriented’ businesses.
My panel was called “Sleeping Giants and Wildcards” and included Alyssa Cutwright (VP, PayPal), Jason Hogg (CEO, GratisCard), Mark Lavelle (VP, I4Commerce/Bill Me Later), Marwan Forzley (Secure eBill), and Ben Ling (Google Checkout). I was supposed to moderate, but kept slipping into “speaking” role. Whoops.
Couldn’t say much about what we’re doing in advertising… so I didn’t contribute much useful insight on the panel. But some side conversations were productive. 2 companies to watch in the next 9 months: Yodelee and CapitalOne.
