According to Uzair, the financial system should work for all, but the current system is skewed... it favors a few and excludes many, and so his team is on a mission to change that by leveraging new technologies to promote financial inclusion, literacy, transparency, and decentralisation.
Find out what they are doing at Symmetric, and how they are changing the narrative of finance in this episode.
What We Discuss:
- [00:01:03] After leaving your MBA, why start working straight away in a blockchain startup years ago?
- [00:02:50] How did you see this promise of change in this industry? And what was the kicking moment?
- [00:03:49]How did you form an early job in blockchain startup to running your own
- [00:05:36] What kept you going despite the various lockdowns during the pandemic season?
- [00:07:33] Why choose the decentralised route?
- [00:09:55] How did you go from such a sort of a running start to actually having a company and leading that albeit whilst working totally remotely the whole time?
- [00:11:09] What has been your biggest win?
- [00:11:53] What’s next for you?
- [00:13:38] Do you think that working remotely will be the main trend that’s accepted even after the pandemic?
- [00:14:57] And how do you see decentralised companies working in DeFi going?
- [00:16:02] Is setting up another decentralised exchange and/or another DeFi wallet part of the next challenge for you?
- [00:17:05] What’s the most exciting thing about DeFi?
- [00:17:58] Where's your go-to for information for trends in the industries changing for new technologies? Where do you go, what do you read?
Episode Resources:
Watch it on YouTube HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXOuXr0xMNs
