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    Jared Franklin

    Jared Franklin

    Operator and investor. Ex-PayPal, Blispay, BillMeLater, BlockFi

    Investor Florida Loyola College
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    Experience
    Costanoa Ventures
    Costanoa Ventures
    Investor 2022 - 2023 (almost 2 years)
    Focused on pre-seed, seed, and series A investments across fintech & crypto.
    BlockFi
    BlockFi
    Product Manager 2021 - 2022 (about 1 year)
    Alliance Data Systems
    Alliance Data Systems
    Manager of Products & Capabilities 2019 - 2020 (over 1 year)
    Alliance Data acquired Blispay in 2019, creating its Emerging Payments product development team. Our team built a digital marketing and acquisition toolset to help the company... more better compete in digital channels.
    Blispay
    Exit
    Blispay
    Senior Product Manager 2015 - 2019 (about 4 years)
    Being a founding team member of this B2B2C startup allowed me to put my experience to use. I’m incredibly proud of what we built (the products, 3,000+ merchant network, loyal... more customer base, our team, etc.). It was fun being the early do-a-little-bit-of-everything product, marketing, and ops person.
    PayPal
    PayPal
    Sr. Product Manager 2013 - 2015 (over 2 years)
    I helped lead the project to create the PayPal Credit customer servicing experience for the U.K. and Germany. As the product owner, I defined all of the user stories and project... more plan, working closely with our engineering, operations, legal and design teams. I managed our back-end team in Maryland and bridged the gap with our front-end team in San Jose.
    Product Manager 2009 - 2011 (over 2 years)
    Millennial Media
    Exit
    Millennial Media
    Product Manager 2011 - 2013 (about 2 years)
    I was the Product Owner on a product development team responsible for self service tools for mobile advertisers and publishers, with the goal of building out a long tail business... more to complement our large managed client base.

    Experienced hyper-growth up close and personal. I started around employee 120 and left around employee 300. Millennial went through an IPO during that time.
    Bill Me Later
    Exit
    Bill Me Later
    Product Manager 2007 - 2011 (almost 4 years)
    Founder
     
    Employee
    Millennial Media, PayPal, Blispay, Bill Me Later, Alliance Data Systems, BlockFi, Costanoa Ventures
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    Attorney
     
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    Acquired
     
     
    Projects
    The Blispay Visa Card
    Special Financing + 2% Cash Back everywhere Visa is accepted
    Blispay Visa cardholders enjoy 6 Month Special Financing on all purchases over $199 and 2% Cash Back, everywhere Visa is accepted. Say goodbye to store… · More credit cards and complicated cash back programs and say hello to Blispay!
    Blispay Point of Sale Program Financing for Merchants
    Grow your business. Offer Blispay to your customers.
    Blispay is the easiest, low-cost way for your business to provide financing to your customers or clients. Increase your sales without any technical… · More integration and minimal costs. Fantastic for jewelry stores, furniture stores, high end apparel & accessories, veterinarians, animal hospitals, automotive service repair shops, retailers, and more.
    Alan Clark
    With Alan Clark
    Blispay iOS App
    The first version of the Blispay iOS app for iPhone & iPad.
    Read reviews, compare customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about Blispay - Special Financing and Cash Back. Download Blispay - Special Financing… · More and Cash Back and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
    Blispay Android App
    The first version of the Blispay Android app.
    Financing & Cash Back when you need it, everywhere Visa is accepted.
    Branded Apply
    Branded apply flows for merchants to offer Blispay.
    Branded Apply enables businesses (retailers/merchants/vets, etc.) to easily offer financing to their customers via a cohesive experience wherever they are;… · More on a desktop, mobile, etc. Blispay continues to be the easiest way for merchants to offer financing to their customers. Getting up and running with Branded Apply takes minutes. See example images from Trendlee, evo, and Hopper.
     
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    Product Development Product Marketing Financial Services Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin FinTech
    Locations
    Remote Miami Palm Beach
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