How Payments Enables Everything Else in Vertical SaaS, with Patrick O'Donnell from Phorest
Patrick O'Donnell, Global Commercial Director Payments at Phorest, on why payments came 15 years in and what salons use embedded capital for.
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Patrick O'Donnell, Global Commercial Director Payments at Phorest, on why payments came 15 years in and what salons use embedded capital for.
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