How Curiosity Drives Innovation with Kasper Mai Jørgensen
There’s more to a successful startup than a great idea. It also takes curiosity. A curiosity that drives innovation and creativity.
In this episode, I speak with Kasper Mai Jørgensen, co-founder of Polimec Foundation, a decentralised community-driven fundraising platform for Web3 that helps other startups raise funds via blockchain. We dive into Kasper’s startup story and discover how his curiosity has driven his innovative ideas.
Kasper has a background in compliance and accounting and he’s been in the startup game for around 8 years. He shares with us how this led to starting Polimec. Kasper breaks down the product for us and we learn about the state of blockchain technology today and it’s real use cases. We also speak about how ease of use can be just as important as the product’s use cases. Kasper also shares the lessons that he learned from his first startup that didn’t go to plan.
I ask Kasper how scaling and hiring have been for Polimec and Kasper speaks about both the challenges and the reason why hiring for blockchain positions is easier in 2023. And finally, I ask Kasper for his number one piece of advice for entrepreneurs.
In this episode, we cover -
- The power of curiosity in entrepreneurship
- The lessons learnt from a startup that didn’t work out
- The state of blockchain technology today and the real use cases
- The importance of a product being easier to use than the competition’s
- The negative effects on culture that scaling can have
- The toughest challenges in finding the right staff
- Knowing when your idea is worth pursuing
- The one key ingredient for a successful business
- Kasper’s most important piece of advice for entrepreneurs
LEARN MORE
Polimec Foundation - https://www.polimec.org/
Mont Ford - https://montfordrecruitment.com/
Mont Ford on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/mont-ford-recruitment/
CONNECT
Kasper on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmjoergensen/
Jordan on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanluxford/
LISTEN
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1BbzuvWRR4TcU9IN0IG74C
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@startupstoriespodcast
Captivate - https://startup-stories.captivate.fm
