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014 – Leighton Cusack – PoolTogether
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English - November 20, 2019 06:47 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsTechnology Business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, we speak with Leighton Cusack, founder and CEO of PoolTogether. Leighton was previously the co-founder and CEO of Kindrid, a company dedicated to increasing generosity through technology.
PoolTogether is a no loss lottery built on Ethereum leveraging Dai and Compound. Their mission is to create financial security by offering a healthy alternative to lotteries.
We explore how PoolTogether started as a hackathon project at ETHDenver and what Leighton has done to transform it into a high growth project in such a short period of time.
Enjoy!
Notes
[0:32] Polyient sponsorship intro.
[1:12] Episode intro.
[1:52] Overview of PoolTogether and history of the idea.
[3:33] Cusack’s background and what prompted him to start PoolTogether.
[5:38] Why PoolTogether is better done on a blockchain as opposed to using the traditional financial system.
[7:39] What concepts inspired the thinking behind PoolTogether.
[8:45] PoolTogether’s total addressable market and target users.
[10:38] How Leighton thinks about user research and driving user adoption.
[14:04] The challenges in conducting user research given the anonymous nature of crypto.
[17:33] PoolTogether’s approach to community outreach and development.
[19:19] What Leighton’s experience has been using Aragon and the incremental approach to decentralizing governance of PoolTogether.
[21:30] Team breakdown of PoolTogether and challenges they’re dealing with.
[24:08] The skills Leighton thinks crypto startups need to be successful.
[26:22] How Leighton and the team prioritize their time given how small the team is.
[28:12] Story behind how Leighton started PoolTogether at ETHDenver 2018, funded its initial development and secured a grant from the Maker Foundation.
[31:55] What about PoolTogether keeps Leighton up at night.
[32:56] If we fast forward five years, how is the world different with PoolTogether in it.
[33:28] Where you can learn more about PoolTogether.
Links
Leighton’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/lay2000lbs
PoolTogether Website: https://www.pooltogether.us
PoolTogether Twitter: https://twitter.com/pooltogether_
PoolTogether Discord: https://discord.gg/hxPhPDW
PoolTogether Blog: https://medium.com/pooltogether
MakerDAO Website: https://makerdao.com/en/
In this episode, we speak with Leighton Cusack, founder and CEO of PoolTogether. Leighton was previously the co-founder and CEO of Kindrid, a company dedicated to increasing generosity through technology.
PoolTogether is a no loss lottery built on Ethereum leveraging Dai and Compound. Their mission is to create financial security by offering a healthy alternative to lotteries.
We explore how PoolTogether started as a hackathon project at ETHDenver and what Leighton has done to transform it into a high growth project in such a short period of time.
Enjoy!
Notes
[0:32] Polyient sponsorship intro.
[1:12] Episode intro.
[1:52] Overview of PoolTogether and history of the idea.
[3:33] Cusack’s background and what prompted him to start PoolTogether.
[5:38] Why PoolTogether is better done on a blockchain as opposed to using the traditional financial system.
[7:39] What concepts inspired the thinking behind PoolTogether.
[8:45] PoolTogether’s total addressable market and target users.
[10:38] How Leighton thinks about user research and driving user adoption.
[14:04] The challenges in conducting user research given the anonymous nature of crypto.
[17:33] PoolTogether’s approach to community outreach and development.
[19:19] What Leighton’s experience has been using Aragon and the incremental approach to decentralizing governance of PoolTogether.
[21:30] Team breakdown of PoolTogether and challenges they’re dealing with.
[24:08] The skills Leighton thinks crypto startups need to be successful.
[26:22] How Leighton and the team prioritize their time given how small the team is.
[28:12] Story behind how Leighton started PoolTogether at ETHDenver 2018, funded its initial development and secured a grant from the Maker Foundation.
[31:55] What about PoolTogether keeps Leighton up at night.
[32:56] If we fast forward five years, how is the world different with PoolTogether in it.
[33:28] Where you can learn more about PoolTogether.
Links
Leighton’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/lay2000lbs
PoolTogether Website: https://www.pooltogether.us
PoolTogether Twitter: https://twitter.com/pooltogether_
PoolTogether Discord: https://discord.gg/hxPhPDW
PoolTogether Blog: https://medium.com/pooltogether
MakerDAO Website: https://makerdao.com/en/