EP.14 - Building a Blockchain Startup
Update: 2019-06-19
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Show Notes:
- Meet Tomiwa(02:29 )
- What is BuyCoins Africa About? (03:29 )
- What brought about the idea for you and your co-founders to take on building BuyCoins Africa? (04:09 )
- How does Cryptocurrency and Blockchain differ? (06:53 )
- How daunting was it at your first trial while building out the startup? (10:30 )
- In January (2019), Your team hit $2M in transaction, how did that feel? (12:24 )
- How has the hiring/recruitment process for your team been? (12:52 )
- How would you describe the Blockchain development culture in Nigeria? (16:11 )
- How does your team mitigate the risks involved in building a startup in your business ecosystem? (18:30 )
- How does your team deal with security and vulnerability in your field? (23:06 )
- What regulatory bodies are your startup governed by? (25:30 )
- What are some of the actions you expect of the regulatory bodies? (27:13 )
- How does your team mitigate Fraud? (28:22 )
- What was the process and experience like for your team, being selected into Ycombinator? (30:34 )
- Would you contribute your investors' network to Ycombinator? (34:16 )
- Are there times you and your co-founders have gotten really frustrated along the line? (35:25 )
- How has it been working with your teammates? (37:58 )
- What's has been the most disapproving feedback you have gotten from users/customers? (41:25 )
- Any available resources for potential Blockchain developers? (43:27 )
- Any advice for potential founders in the blockchain space?(45:16 )
Extra Notes:
- Find out more about BuyCoins Africa here
- Connect with Tomiwa via tomiwa@buycoins.africa
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