Launching a Bitcoin Startup During the COVID-19 Crisis with Coinmiles Founder & CEO Dave Pouliot

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English - December 16, 2020 13:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MB
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If you don’t own any Bitcoins yet, this episode is for you. We talk to Dave Pouliot, Founder and CEO of Coinmiles, a Montreal-based startup that gives you free Bitcoins when you shop online. Dave is a former detective and lawyer turned tech startup founder. He’s extremely authentic. He’s passionate about cryptocurrency and the positive impact it can have in our society. Dave shares his experience and practical advice on how to raise money, build a tech startup with a non-tech background, hire engineers, and how to survive an app launch in the middle of a pandemic.

We talk about:

What’s Coinmiles’s offering Coimiles’s business modelHow Coinmiles complied with regulation on Bitcoins Coinmiles’s go-to-market strategy Dave’s journey from being a detective cop to founding Bitcoin StartupDave’s advice on fundraising What investors looked into while investing in CoinmilesHow Dave managed to get first prototype without tech backgroundDave’s team building strategy Dave’s approach to manage remote and distributed team Dave’s experience on launching app in pandemic times Coinmiles’s incredibly effective customer acquisition strategy What does Bitocoin mean for average consumer according to Dave The Cryptocurrency’s future from Dave’s prospective How does Dave measure success at Coinmiles Dave’s advice on being an entrepreneurCoinmiles’s growth plans Dave’s key takeaways from his journey and advice to young entrepreneurs

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