Sideman: YouNow operates with a team of 40 employees
Adi Sideman · 20VC: Why Decentralisation is Key For Digital Media Distribution, Why Gradual Decentralisation Is The Most Practical Approach and Why Incumbents Are The Biggest Barrier To The Rise of Crypto with Adi Sideman, Founder & CEO @ YouNow · Oct 27, 2017 · at 15:50
Adi Sideman, founder and CEO of YouNow (Props), discloses the company's team size during a debate on leveraging token rewards to align external creators.
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“We're a small team of 40 people.”
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