We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Nathan Poole a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Nathan, looking forward to learning from your journey. You’ve got an amazing story and before we dive into that, let’s start with an important building block. Where do you get your work ethic from?
I learned from wrestling that time under pressure is the only way you improve.
Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?
Professionally I’m excited about global adoption for real decentralized currencies.
Personally I’m excited about our nonprofit work with Christ-centered content and traditional off-grid lifestyles.
We run a high-risk, high-reward fund for accredited investors to invest in the hardware and physical servers behind decentralized currencies, specifically Bitcoin and Litecoin so that others can partner in our adventures.
There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
Integrity – You have to do right by everybody, and do business with the utmost in transparency and fairness. It is the only way to build a long-living business.
Passion – You have to be passionate about what you do. It will allow you to work the hours you might have to work and the long days seem short when you’re passionate and enjoy your time doing what you do. Work becomes play, and you get to play hard.
Savvy – The first two lead to this one. When you’re passionate about what you’re doing, and do it in the right way, you become an industry-matter expert sooner than you otherwise would because you end up putting more time, effort, and pryaer into what you’re doing until you become very good at it.
All the wisdom you’ve shared today is sincerely appreciated. Before we go, can you tell us about the main challenge you are currently facing?
Well, our challenges have been good. We’re in a volatile market, so we’ve learned to be very lean. We have zero employees and plan to keep it that way. In former businesses we had alot of employees and the overhead can take a business out quickly. The lean business model allows us to also not worry about keeping employees happy as we’re able to completely automate over 90% of our tasks to keep a very high efficiency even without other hands.
We’ve struggled with growth, which is ironic because we’ve grown 3,000% in the last 24 months. Unprecedentedly high growth for a business, and we’re still growing. The more people that come alongside us, the more we can reach a higher profitability for all those involved, and all partners get higher returns as we grow.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.minimines.com
- Twitter: @LitecoinCowboy and @Mini_MinesUS
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