Jun 19, 2019
EP.14 - Building a Blockchain Startup
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
* Join our slack channel here
* intro and outro music: bensound - dubstep
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