venturecapital

In this episode, Mike Townsend chats with Nick Baum, a Co-founder and CEO at Tremendous. He started Tremendous in 2010, turning it from a small gift card company into a service used by millions around the world. He’s responsible for the overall direction of the company.Host:• Mike Townsend: https://www.linkedin.com/in/townsendmike/Guest:• Nick Baum: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolasbaum/Episode Link: • https://www.aroundthecoin.com/podcast/episode-442-nick-baum-co-founder-and-ceo-of-tremendous00:00 Introduction: Nick Baum, Co-Founder and CEO of Tremendous 01:03 Going through Y Combinator and Prior to Tremendous 04:27 Gift Rocket was Founded 06:53 How Gift Rocket Works 08:20 Getting into the Real Estate World 12:23 Real Estate Technology 16:10 Getting back to Gift Cards 20:21 About Tremendous 24:30 Being Venture Capital Free 30:26 Benefits of Having a Venture Capital 35:09 Is this the right time for this kind of payment platform? 39:01 Market Size of Rewards and Incentives Platforms 42:20 How big Crypto influences the growth of the business? 45:26 Exciting Part in Gift Cards Space 51:37 Things that you’ve learned a lot from over the years 53:59 Working with an Executive CoachWe are also available via:• Official Website: https://www.aroundthecoin.com/• Megaphone: https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/GLSS5818750359/• Apple Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/around-the-coin/id805021615• Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/around-the-coin• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/45k32XWYX3sR4zBVXxvDhf• Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLnNvdW5kY2xvdWQuY29tL3VzZXJzL3NvdW5kY2xvdWQ6dXNlcnM6MTMwNTIxMzMvc291bmRzLnJzcw• Player FM: https://player.fm/series/around-the-coin• Quora: https://aroundthecoin.quora.com/• Medium: https://medium.com/around-the-coin• Twitter: https://twitter.com/aroundthecoin• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aroundthecoin/• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/around-the-coin/• Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/aroundthecoin