Company
Mintix
Mintix, as described on the show by Sondre Pedersen.
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Sondre Pedersen, CEO of Mintix, explains how blockchain ticketing lets venues and artists earn a share of the secondary ticket market.
Questions these episodes answer
How did Sondre Pedersen end up becoming a CEO he never planned to be?
Pedersen was trading crypto and NFTs from home with no ambition of running a company when a former bar colleague who co-founded Capella brought him in for a coffee. The group agreed that of all the blockchain hype at the time, ticketing was the one idea with a real practical use.
From: The Accidental Founder: Journey of Sondre Pedersen and Mintix
What problem is Mintix's blockchain ticketing trying to solve?
Up to 20 percent of tickets to popular shows get resold on sites like TicketSwap or Facebook, and none of that resale money reaches the artists, venues or promoters who created the show. Mintix uses blockchain so those rights holders can also earn a share of the secondary market.
From: The Accidental Founder: Journey of Sondre Pedersen and Mintix
How did Sondre Pedersen support himself financially while building Mintix?
Pedersen lived off savings from crypto and NFT trades he had sold while the market was still relatively strong, which covered his bills in the early months. He only started taking a small salary from Mintix recently, once the company had a live product being tested with exclusive partners.
From: The Accidental Founder: Journey of Sondre Pedersen and Mintix
How does Mintix plan to make blockchain ticketing usable for ordinary fans?
Mintix wants fans to log in with email or social accounts like Google or Facebook, while a hybrid wallet is created and managed in the background without the fan ever seeing it. The ticket looks and works like any normal app ticket even though blockchain is running underneath it.
From: The Accidental Founder: Journey of Sondre Pedersen and Mintix