Local to Legend

39 - Empowering the Local Business Community with Austin Mac Nab from VizyPay and Look Local First

November 08, 2021 Emily Steele
Local to Legend
39 - Empowering the Local Business Community with Austin Mac Nab from VizyPay and Look Local First
Show Notes

In this week's episode of Local to Legend, Emily chats with Austin Mac Nab, the CEO, co-founder and executive leader VizyPay and Look Local First, a company headquartered in Waukee, Iowa but with reach all across the country. VizyPay is a payment processing system created for local businesses and powers the Look Local First movement, a community built to empower and highlight local business owners.

After working in the payment processing industry for eleven years, Austin decided to strike out on his own, pulling from the lessons he had learned. From the beginning, he wanted to create a company that would be transparent with business owners and employees and work to bring more diversity to the payment processing industry. He credits VizyPay’s rapidly growing success to a company focus on culture and authenticity.

Listen to this episode to learn more about Austin, VizyPay and Look Local First!

Tune in for topics like:

  • Austin’s upbringing & how it shaped him into the person he is today
  • The steps that led Austin into the payment processing world
  • Creating a startup in Iowa
  • Advice about payment processing for small biz owners
  • All about the Look Local First movement
  • Empowering the VizyPay team to share their business journeys

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