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Sep 2022
39m 7s

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About this episode
In celebration of National Grandparents Day, we learn how to protect aging loved ones from cybercriminals, with advice from Michael Jabbara, Visa’s global head of fraud services.
We talk with Swati Matta, Founder and CEO of Koble, an that that gives moms a prenatal and postpartum support team in your pocket.
Learn all about spokenote stickers to easily and instantly add video notes to anything, via a simple QR code and app. We’ll be joined by Mike Harmon, Chief Marking Officer.
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