Computer engineers make or break modern companies. They are the architects and builders that scale ideas out of infancy and bring them to the world, but for those that dream of starting their own business, code isn’t good enough to ensure success. During his Terminal Tech Talk, serial entrepreneur Samuel Poirier will sit down with fellow Thiel Fellowship recipient Liam Horne to discuss what he’s learned from the ups-and-downs of his young, but impressive career of scaling and selling startups. Pulling from his boom to bust experience launching the first-ever bitcoin debit card, VR success story Retinad, and his current role at Seahub, Samuel will talk us through growth strategies and the key technical and non-technical decisions he’s made to set himself up for success. ABOUT SAMUEL POIRIER Samuel Poirier is an award-winning Canadian entrepreneur and founder. At the age of 14, Sam founded his first profitable company and officially launched what has been an impressive career as an entrepreneur. In 2011, he set his sights on cryptocurrencies and raised $700k to create the world’s first debit card for bitcoin. The company, Yagi, eventually merged with bitcoin exchange Mt.Gox in 2014. At 21, Sam founded Retinad VR, the market leader in virtual reality analytics, for which he raised $3M and was acquired in 2018. At 22, Sam was awarded the prestigious Peter Thiel fellowship. Soon afterward, he co-founded Seahub.com – a company that aims to modernize cruise bookings – with the founder of Flighthub.com, which is the 3rd largest flight booking OTA in the world with $3B in annual sales. ABOUT LIAM HORNE Liam Horne is the co-founder of L4 Ventures, Counterfactual, ETHGlobal, Hack The North, and a Peter Thiel Fellow. He is known worldwide as one of the pioneers of ethereum state channels. ABOUT THE TERMINAL TECH TALK SERIES The Terminal Tech Talk series provides world-renowned entrepreneurs, engineers, founders, and tech leaders a stage to share their hard-earned insights on topics ranging from office culture to soft skills to tech advancements.
starting on 2018-11-29 19:00:00
Address:
486 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest , Suite 301
Montreal
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