[2:25] DISCUSSING MAIJID’S HOMETOWN OF ACCRA, GHANA

[8:28] MAIJID’S UPBRINGING AND EARLY ENTREPRENEURIAL TENDENCIES  

• Entrepreneurship in middle school 
• Leaving Ghana to Study Abroad in the U.S. 
• Studying computer science and building apps
• Working for Yahoo and Imgur 

[14:39] BEING DENIED THE H1B VISA AND APPLYING TO REMOTE YEAR

• How the H1B Visa process works
• Applying to Remote Year as a Plan B
• Getting Denied the H1B Visa and embarking on Remote Year

[17:30] BUILDING CHIPPER CASH WHILE TRAVELING THE WORLD ON REMOTE YEAR

• Maijid’s experience on Remote Year
• Building Chipper Cash as a side hustle while working full time 

[22:49] THE VALUE PROPOSITION OF CHIPPER CASH  

• Understanding the problem with transferring money in Africa 
• The solution Chipper Cash developed 
• Why other people have not yet solved it 
• The vision of Chipper Cash

[27:48] THE EVOLUTION OF CHIPPER CASH 

• Establishing proof of concept 
• Creating the app 
• Why other companies cannot get accurate data on the market
• Understanding the market through informal (off the books) data
• Getting accepted to the “500 Startups” accelerator 

[35:22] HOW CHIPPER CASH RASIED A $2.4 MILLION SEED ROUND 

• The psychology of raising investment capital through repeated rejection 
• Landing the first investor
• Raising and closing the rest of the $2.4 million seed round

[39:04] SCALING AND MANAGING CHIPPER CASH  

• Opening an office in Kenya 
• Hiring a distributed team of remote engineers 
• Bringing on full time staff
• The Profit Model for Chipper Cash 
• Maijid’s hiring strategy and team building priorities 
• Managing an internationally distributed team 
• Building systems and processes for a remote-first company

[47:08] THOUGHTS ON EXIT STRATEGIES, COMPETITION AND THE 10 YEAR VISION

• How Maijid thinks about the exit strategy for Chipper Cash 
• Maijid’s thoughts on potential competition 
• The 10 year vision for Chipper Cash
• The breadth of the Chipper Cash customer base 

[55:38] PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY AND STRESS REDUCTION TECHNIQUES

• Maijid’s super simple morning routine 
• Partner-dancing for stress relief 

[1:00:23] MAIJID’S TRAVEL EXPERIENCES 

• Moving to Sao Paulo to Dance Brazilian Zouk 
• Why Maijid Travels and what it means to him. 
• Connecting with locals through partner dancing 
• The value of living in places for at least a month 

[1:09:40] THE LIGHTNING ROUND 

• The #1 book Maijid recommends 
• The #1 productivity tool Maijid recommends 
• The #1 podcast Maijid recommends 
• The #1 person with whom Maijid would most like to have dinner
• Maijid’s top 3 favorite travel destinations 
• Maijid’s top 3 bucket list destinations 

[1:13:54] CONTACT MAIJID