Future Squared with Steve Glaveski

Episode #246: How to stay innovative at a fintech startup turned global financial services behemoth with Mike Todasco

02 Jun 2018

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Mike Todasco is the Director of Innovation at PayPal responsible for increasing the creative output of employees across the company. Prior to that Mike spent time at PayPal in Product Management, Product Marketing, Product Launch and Product Analytics roles. Before joining PayPal he was the Founder and CEO of the eCommerce marketplace, Sketch Maven. Additionally, Mike spent over four years as the Director of Strategy, heading up mergers & acquisitions and strategic planning at NewPage, a portfolio company of the private equity firm, Cerberus Capital. He has an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley, Haas School of Business and a BS in Finance from the University of Illinois. Mike has filed over 100 US patents since 2013 covering payments, online and offline commerce, beacon/BLE technologies, biometrics, and many other areas. We discussed a number of topics in this episode including: PayPal’s objectives and challenges PayPal’s global innovation labs What’s behind PayPal’s stock price doubling in the past 12 months How PayPal goes from ideation to experimentation and commercialisation How PayPal momentarily lost touch with its entrepreneurial roots and what it has done to recover Blockchain and cryptocurrencies The value of innovation champions in large organisations Mike’s previous business, SketchMaven Show notes: Twitter: @todasco LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/todasco --- Join the conversation on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/ where you can discuss episodes, request guests, propose questions for forthcoming guests and access exclusive content and special offers! Listen on iTunes @ goo.gl/sMnEa0 Listen on Spotify @ spoti.fi/2G2QsxV Listen on Stitcher @ www.stitcher.com/podcast/future Listen on Google Play @ bit.ly/FSGoog ‍ If you've got any questions on this podcast feel free to send an email to [email protected] or tweet me on Twitter @steveglaveski or @future_squared Follow me on Instagram: @thesteveglaveski Like us? It'd make our day if you took 1 minute to show some love on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud by subscribing, sharing and giving us a 5 star rating. To sign up to our mailing list head to www.futuresquared.xyz For more information on Collective Campus, our innovation hub, school and consultancy based in Australia and Singapore check out www.collectivecampus.io ‍ GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode #246: How to stay innovative at a fintech startup turned global financial services behemoth with Mike Todasco

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3ª PARTE | 17 DIC 2025 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

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