Many years ago, while enrolled in a professional MBA program, I started a brand new job at a company. The new boss told me the MBA program would be a waste of my time and that I would learn much more from him than I would in school. Excited about the professional opportunity, I withdrew from the MBA program. While it turned out to be a great job and a tremendous learning experience, that advice was horribly misguided and only half-true. The company did not promote, and even discouraged, continuing education. I blissfully enjoyed that “school of hard knocks” approach but have recently realized how incredibly rewarding continuing education can be. Therefore, my advice to young professionals, and more importantly to their bosses, is to invest as much time as possible in formal learning.

It is interesting that the article, ’Payment Trade Association Forms Mobile Payment Committee,’ and similar articles were published the same time as this Mobile Wallet blog.  Technology fragmentation is among the key reasons Mobile Wallet is not gaining momentum in the US.  It’s as if the entire industry visited Read More