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title: "Electrifying Growth Episode 66: Innovating Payments for Blue-Collar Businesses"
description: How Payra is transforming B2B payments for legacy ERP users, and what founders must do to scale with focus and systems
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# [Electrifying Growth Episode 66: Innovating Payments for Blue-Collar Businesses](https://www.edisonpartners.com/blog/electrifying-growth-episode-66)

 Written by [Chris Sugden](https://www.edisonpartners.com/blog/author/chris-sugden) | 2/18/2026

 

 

On this episode of* *Electrifying Growth, [Chris Sugden](https://www.edisonpartners.com/chris-sugden) sits down with [Riley Lovingood](https://www.linkedin.com/in/riley-lovingood-9193b7139/) and [Thomas Cecil](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasavcecil/), co-founders of [Payra](https://www.edisonpartners.com/portfolio/payra), to unpack what it really takes to modernize invoicing and payments for blue-collar B2B businesses, especially when those companies are running on legacy, server-based ERPs that weren’t built for today’s payment methods.

They share how Payra found its wedge by chasing real pain points, why high-ticket B2B payments require a different risk and integration model, and what’s hardest about scaling fast—staying focused, building systems, and resisting “good idea” distractions.

Tune in for a candid founder conversation on discipline, execution, and building fintech infrastructure where it actually matters.

 

 

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