McKelvey began blowing glass as a teenager at Washington University and then studied briefly with master Lino Talgiapietra.
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The article detailed McKelvey's revelatory experience as a student under master Venetian glass artist Lino Tagliapietra.
The original inspiration for Square occurred to Jack Dorsey in 2009 when James McKelvey (a St. Louis friend of Dorsey at the time) was unable to complete a $2,000 sale of his glass faucets and fittings because he could not accept credit cards.
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Kabbage is venture funded and backed by Thomvest Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and BlueRun Ventures, and is debt funded by Victory Park Capital, with additional investors including: David Bonderman, founder of TPG Capital, Warren Stephens, CEO of Stephens Inc., the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, TriplePoint Ventures, and Jim McKelvey, co-founder of Square.