Coffee with a Founder Podcast: Drew Mercer of PayGround
09- Sep-2025
On today’s episode, Beck Bamberger sits down with Drew Mercer, Co-Founder and CEO of PayGround. Drew shares how his cancer diagnosis and the birth of his third child threw him into a whirlwind of medical bills, and how that chaos sparked the idea for PayGround.
They also discuss why hustle and humility, not just expertise, can truly make a difference in startup life.
show notes:
01:41 - PayGround’s origin story
03:15 - PayGround’s growth and scale
03:39 - Serving all levels of healthcare
06:18 - Reducing administrative hassles
07:23 - Lessons on building teams
09:45 - Advice to future entrepreneurs (and his kids)