EPISODE INTRODUCTION

Ron Hose is the Founder and CEO of Coins.ph – a blockchain-enabled platform providing financial services to over 10 million unbanked users, including remittances, bill payments, and online transactions. He will share his journey as a maker, the lessons learned from his early startups that didn’t succeed, and how he achieved his first startup acquisition. Ron will also discuss his transition into venture capital and the insights gained as an investor. Under his leadership, Coins.ph experienced rapid growth, attracting major investors and reaching a milestone in 2019 with its acquisition by Indonesian tech giant Go-Jek—marking the largest tech exit to date in the Philippines and one of the largest for the region.

Episode Timeline: 

[00:02:54] - Ron Hose's Early Entrepreneurial Journey

[00:07:45] - Early Internet and eBay Arbitrage Business

[00:15:13] - TalkBox: The Video Communication Startup

[00:22:52] - Transition to Venture Capital and Innovation Endeavors

[00:26:09] - Insights on Liquidation Preferences and Cap Tables

[00:29:00] - Learning from the VC Perspective

[00:32:13] - Balancing Experience and Innovation in VC

[00:34:38] - Moving to the Philippines and Starting CoinsPH

[00:38:57] - Why the Philippines: Market Analysis and Personal Connection

[00:41:38] - The Genesis of CoinsPH and Early Challenges

[00:44:09] - Overcoming Regulatory and Market Hurdles

"You can't compete with the big boys with a little cute machine gun."
-Ron Hose

Links: 

Website (CoinsPH): https://coins.ph/
Website (Ron Hose): https://www.ronhose.com/

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