by Ronny | Apr 12, 2013 | news
Steve Elefant brings more than 25 years of experience to GoPago as Chief Strategy Officer. Steve Elefant joins GoPago, Inc. to lead the growth in new channels and further develop GoPago LIVE, an all-in-one cloud POS with an integrated mobile payments platform. Previously, Mr. Elefant was a Senior Strategic Consultant at Google, Inc. in the Payments group. Mr. Elefant has over 25 years experience in overall company strategy, products, end to end encryption, mobile, business development and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Elefant is a serial entrepreneur having founded seven startups, including a large ISO, and is a former venture capitalist. “For more than two decades, Steve Elefant has been a leader in the payments industry. We are excited to have him leading our strategy and ISO partnerships as we build the best-in-class total cloud commerce solution,” said Leo Rocco, GoPago Founder and CEO. “Steve’s experience, knowledge and vision are exactly in line with the future of GoPago. Steve and I will work on the most robust suite of products including an mPOS, ecommerce and an open (SDK) platform.” Steve Elefant said, “I have looked at all of the solutions and without a doubt, GoPago has the most robust cloud-based commerce, point-of-sale and mobile ordering platform on the market today. I look forward to working with the team as we lead this payments and Point of Sale revolution and roll out an even more comprehensive solution!” Mr. Elefant has a proven track record of strategic focus for new opportunities and enhancing existing technologies. He joined Heartland Payment Systems as a consultant, helping them bring its Software as a Service (SaaS)...
by Ronny | Mar 25, 2013 | event, news, video
Innovations in the payment industry are so widespread right now that Leo Rocco, our CEO and Founder, compares it to the credit card revolution a half century ago. It’s exciting to be in the company with others like LevelUp, Leaf, PayPal and ShopKeep; together, with GoPago LIVE, we are revolutionizing how business and customers interact and transact. Remember when we mentioned GoPago LIVE was nominated for the Best POS Transformation award at the 2013 PYMNTS.com Innovator Awards? Well, we took home the Bronze during the awards ceremony! PYMNTS.com is a real thought leader in this category who documents the revolution, facilitates discussions and just last week they brought together the biggest industry leaders for the Innovation Project 2013 and the Innovator Awards. Two of our innovators, Leo Rocco and David Herzog, VP of Partnerships and Alliances, attended the two day conference at Harvard University. While at the conference they had lunch with Rosie Rios, Treasurer of the United States. If you aren’t familiar with her, check your dollar bills. Another key (pun always intended) person in attendance was James Goodfellow, the man who invented the PIN in 1968. Some of the key learnings from the conference that we will take with us came from a panel with Don Kingsborough, VP of Retail and Prepaid Services for PayPal and Steve Levitt, author of Freakonomics. Kingsborough shared that open platforms win and ubiquity requires multi-pronged approaches, partnerships and collaboration. We feel fortunate to have such strong partnerships with JPMorgan Chase and Verizon Wireless as we work to make GoPago LIVE the leading cloud-based POS solution. The always thought-provoking economist, Steve Levitt, stated that people don’t change behavior unless you...
by Ronny | Jan 18, 2013 | news, San Francisco
Our beloved San Francisco 49ers are mighty close to clinching it. So close we can taste New Orleans and Super Bowl XLVII. We don’t wanna cast any bad voodoo or jinx it, but we did partner with Tim Lincecum and Vernon Davis. And, well, the San Francisco Giants became World Series Champions! To get your mind off the big game and on to some great food, we recommend that you head to Queen’s Louisana Po-Boy Cafe in the backyard of the ‘Stick. They have oyster po-boys, fried chicken, beignets and everything else your N’Awlins heart desires. From now until the Super Bowl, they are offering some tight-end deals to GoPago user including: free drinks on all meals, a special Bourbon St. Chicken Sandwich for $4.49 and a 2 Piece Dark Chicken Meal, with fries or colesaw and a drink for the magic number of $4.49. Eat some real Louisiana flavor and let’s go...
by Ronny | Oct 27, 2012 | event, news, San Francisco
Pictured above from left to right: Andrew Jaffe, Account Executive; Josh Bradbury, VP of Sales; Greg Jizmagian, VP of Operations, Leo Rocco, Founder & CEO; Mona Kharazmi, Community Sales Manager; Chris Lavery, Director of Finance and Inside Counsel; Vincenzo Di Nicola, Chief Architect; Carina Ost, Community Manager, Irina Lozhkina, Financial Analyst/Accountant; and Jeanne Hwang, Business Development Manager. Thursday night, we attended the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce‘s Excellence in Business Awards (the Ebbies), where we were presented with the Comcast Innovation through Technology Award. The award recognizes technology-led business that solves a problem to increase efficiency and we were honored to be up against such reputable companies as Pinterest and Desk.com. All of the 1,200 attendees were brought together on this special night by our commitment and enthusiasm for San Francisco, local business, innovation and in rooting for the San Francisco Giants who were simultaneously playing in Game 2 of the World Series. Trust us, there were many score updates in the speeches and smartphone checking. When our CEO and Founder, Leo Rocco, went up to receive the award he reflected on the growth of our own team and our company’s very own special ties to the Giants. We’re sure you remember when we partnered with Tim Lincecum in July, but did you know that our roots with the Giants go even further back? The “Aha Moment” and impetus for GoPago began when Leo was at a very special Giants game in 2007, when Barry Bonds beat Hank Aaron’s home run record. Leo missed this historical event because he was waiting in line for food and drinks. He wondered...
by Ronny | Sep 27, 2012 | BUSINESSES, news, Uncategorized
Good news, Dallas residents now get to experience the time-saving benefits of GoPago! We hit Big D well-equipped with top Dallas spots on our network! Local favorites already have their mobile storefronts up and running on the app, including: Bread Winners Cafe, La Duni, MoMo Italian Kitchen, Yumi, City Cafe, Asian Mint, Kenichi Dallas, Quesa-D-Ya’s, Greenville Ave Pizza Company, Bryan Street Tavern and many more. In the upcoming weeks, more than 80 restaurants and retail shops in Dallas will go live on our app, making ordering from your phone effortless, localized (within a 5 mile radius of SMU) and delicious. The targeted launch around SMU was because we knew with all certainity that: Mustangs Don’t Wait. If you are in Dallas, pony up and download GoPago! Also, be sure to “Like” our GoPago Dallas Facebook...
by Ronny | Aug 8, 2012 | news
We are extremely excited by this week’s announcement of GoPago LIVE -a tablet based POS system equipping brick-and-mortar merchants with the payment and business tools necessary to run a modern business. The reception by brick-and-mortar merchants nationwide has been overwhelmingly positive. This marks a truly exciting time for brick-and-mortar merchants and GoPago. Our CEO and founder Leo Rocco says, “We think GoPago LIVE will turn the payment industry on its head. This is so much more than POS. It’s a total solution for brick-and-mortar business owners. We’re redefining and re-setting the bar for modernizing business payments and loyalty programs.” GoPago LIVE makes us the first payment-as-a-service (PAAS) provider to offer a 100% free service. We are so happy to offer our merchants a system that levels the playing field between industry giants and independent sole proprietorships. Our free plug-n-play solution delivers “your business in a box” with the tablet, tablet stand, cash drawer, receipt printer, credit card reader, software and 24/7 merchant support services with zero startup costs or monthly fees. One of our merchants, Lucky Dogs, has already seen the difference and the results. Co-owner Aric Doo reports, “As a small business owner, my payment system is just a tool that helps me get through the day. I don’t want to worry about it, and it just needs to work. I tried a different tablet system, but it cost me $700 not including the iPad, and I had to hire my own tech guy. I’ll never go back. GoPago LIVE is easy, no money out of my pocket, and the 4G makes each transaction super fast.” GoPago LIVE...
