Marketing
Everyday we will publish a new update, according to the following structure:
Mondays: Marketing update
Tuesdays: Live stream & Product update
Wednesdays: Partnership updates
Thursdays: Legal, Admin, and Finance update
Fridays: HR update
Saturday: Customer support update
Sundays: Community contest update (no spoilers for now!)
This schedule is subject to change, depending on the most relevant updates, as well as availability of the team.
What about the new white paper? As you might have noticed, we have removed the link to the white paper from our website since our rebranding. This was no accident we're forced to restructure the entire paper before we can make it available again. Worry not! We are working on it, and we are aiming to launch the second version of the white paper next week.
Product
In addition to app maintenance, we are working on a number of other priorities as well. The most upvoted items by the community have been password reset and 2-factor authentication we will be delivering the password reset functionality this week, as well as continue work on the 2-factor authentication. If you want to make sure your favourite feature will be worked on next, propose and upvote them on our GetChangeMakers subreddit.
We also started building the currency conversion feature, which will allow users to exchange their crypto assets in the wallet, as well as buy into crypto with fiat funds. We currently work on setting up user flows and integrating with an external API provider that allows us to do seamless crypto conversions. Well hopefully launch this by the end of March.
Partnerships
Right now the big bulk of the time is being focused on resolving infrastructure matters and making sure things progress smoothly there. A crucial partnership that did not go through was the WaveCrest one this took us by surprise as with other, the news coming out of nowhere.
However, in every obstacle there lies an opportunity and this is where we are now. One of the reason why we opted in to work with WaveCrest was due to the fact that they could allow us to get to the market faster however a very important lesson was learnt here always pursue multiple tracks (which we were and are) and set up contingencies at all times.
We are also keeping a close eye on other potential partners that we can add to the marketplace and were getting suggestions from the community which is great, and will proceed to reach out to them as other priorities are cleared.
Admin
At the moment, we are focusing on finding a bigger place to put our beanbags and coffee machine the true startup office starter pack. Were growing at an incredible speed, and soon well have over 20 members! More importantly, we have no intentions of slowing down on hiring, so we definitely need a larger office for 2018!
Hiring
Our main priority has been hiring. At the end of last year we managed to fill some really important roles: Designer, Compliance Officer, and COO. Once these roles were closed, we shifted our focus to hiring software developers.
The timing of the search was not very favourable as most people are not exploring new job opportunities around Christmas time. Therefore, we expect an increasing number of candidates coming in from now on. The main focus so far has been on headhunting. Weve had many interviews each week.
