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

Hey! Liked this episode?

Let us know your thoughts on it, click on either of the icons below

Host: @kolokodess