In Episode 2 of our Covid-19 miniseries, Matt Hayes and Rob May chat with Zac Prince,Founder and CEO of BlockFi, and Vishal Sunak, Co-Founder & CEO of LinkSquares, about the biggest changes they have made since the Coronavirus outbreak, how they are managing remote work, and the strategies they have for dealing with this new climate moving forward. Topics covered include:

• What has impacted the two companies the most with the recent developments of Covid-19
• The challenges of working remotely and fun ideas for keeping company culture alive
• How each founder is thinking about financing and cash burn after both recently closing financing rounds
• What tools they are using to help their teams work remotely and stay connected

Show notes:

• Link to Joshua M. Brown video Zac mentions in the podcast: https://thereformedbroker.com/2020/03/19/we-are-not-going-to-participate-in-this-recession/

Quotes:

• “It’s challenging to stay as motivated when you don’t have that human to human connection and the interpersonal interactions …” - Zac Prince
• “Be more conservative now, add more talent at a slower rate” - Vishal Sunak
• “One thing we have learned is that when onboarding new employees we’ll need to give them more than one charger” :P - Zack Prince in reference to folks not having chargers for their at home laptops
• “Let’s control what we can control” - Vishal Sunak
• “We will not be participating in this recession, and he is talking about his company, but that is the approach we are taking at Blockfi right now, our plans haven't changed, this is an opportunity for us to grab market share or to accelerate new client adoption…” - Zac Prince
• “Continue to push hard on the engineering and the product side, and continue to make new features and new add ons in order to be ready for when things are in a better situation... That really is what the silver lining is." - Vishal Sunak