In this episode of the CEO Podcast, we sit down with Cleveland Brown, the co-founder and CEO of PayScout. Cleveland shares his fascinating journey from building a communication platform for public schools to leading a global payment processing technology company. Discover how PayScout transforms payment processing from a cost center to a profit center using their proprietary payment orchestration platform and AI-driven tools.Timestamps:00:00 - Introduction00:16 - Cleveland's journey to becoming CEO of PayScout00:50 - What is PayScout?01:20 - Cleveland's excitement about payments02:25 - Transition from communication platform to payment processing03:04 - Studying philosophy and its impact04:07 - First experience with Nietzsche04:54 - Importance of company culture06:19 - Mentorship at PayScout07:09 - AI in payments and its future09:25 - Crypto and its impact on payments11:08 - Using AI for fraud detection13:21 - Cleveland's reading recommendations15:34 - Thoughts on raising capital16:20 - Leaders Cleveland admires17:11 - Outlook for 202519:17 - Cleveland's name and family legacy20:23 - The importance of taking chances

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