Ben Milne

Ben Milne
Founder and builder, Dwolla

Website | @bpmilne

Ben Milne is a payments outsider and founder of Dwolla, a new payment network based in the heart of the Silicon Prairie. The company continues to disrupt Visa and Mastercard by building useful and innovative online and mobile products on top of its open and low-cost payment network.

Ben is a repeat entrepreneur, having created and sold another multi-million dollar startup with over sea operations back in 2008. Open, candid, and honest, he is a sought after speaker in the international startup community, payments industry, and tech circles. Ben also has extensive leadership, investment, and mentorship experience with numerous companies, charities, and organizations in the Silicon Prairie region. In 2011, he was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

Sessions

10:35am–10:45am Monday, 04/02/2012
Case Study: Iowa, Location and Evolution of Plastic Networks
Location Marketing Bootcamp Yerba Buena Salon_10
Please note: to attend, your registration must include Location Marketing Bootcamp.
Ben Milne (Dwolla)
Leveraging quantitative and qualitative data, Ben Milne, founder and builder at Dwolla, will explore the regional (and then national) traction experienced by the Des Moines-based startup and its location-based technologies in its mobile payments platform. Read more.
11:05am–11:20am Monday, 04/02/2012
Q&A with Brady Forrest, Dwolla, LevelUp, and PayPal
Location Marketing Bootcamp Yerba Buena Salon_10
Please note: to attend, your registration must include Location Marketing Bootcamp.
Brady Forrest (O'Reilly Media, Inc.), Ben Milne (Dwolla), Chris Mahl (SCVNGR)
Audience members will be able to ask questions of Dwolla, LevelUp, and PayPal. Read more.
11:15am–11:25am Tuesday, 04/03/2012
Dwolla: Ubiquity by Design
Keynote Yerba Buena Salon 9
This is presentation will be streamed live along with the other keynotes.
Ben Milne (Dwolla)
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Dwolla's architecture, technologies, accessibility and even its price point, serve as the foundation for what the startup believes to the payment network of the 21st century. Ben Milne, founder and builder at Dwolla, will elaborate on how new advancements, like location-based technologies, are helping pave the way a chance at ubiquity. Read more.
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