
Jonathan Chester: Building BitWage, freedom technology & International transfers - Bitcoin with Jake #59
About this episode
"To make them feel like we're serious let's quit our jobs." - Jonathan Chester
BWJ 059: Jonathan Chester talks about his experience with Bitcoin as well as the excitement and challenges of starting the payroll & invoicing solution BitWage.
In this episode you will learn about:
- 6:16 What is money?
- 11:11 Entrepreneurial since High School
- 18:22 The origin of BitWage
- 21:00 What's a startup accelerator?
- 27:10 Bitcoin for International transfers
- 31:32 How it all ends up leading to Bitcoin
- 38:12 What he's looking forward to in the future
- 44:28 Hardest & most exciting parts of his journey
Relevant links:
- @JonChest on Twitter
- bitwage.com
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