8. Growing Helium's Usage (w/ Mark Phillips)

Mark Phillips is Helium's Vice President of Business Development and one of the company's earliest employees.Mark goes into great detail about the company's process for bringing new users and device manufacturers onto the network, outlines the company's strategy and helps me understand Helium's competitors and the challenges the network faces. He also shares some pretty awesome growth predictions for this year and beyond.0:00:35 - Introductions0:01:18 - Philly Blockchain Meetup0:04:54 - Hotspot Names0:06:41 - Mark's Helium Journey0:11:22 - The Network Exists!0:15:41 - Amazon SIdewalk & Class C Devices0:24:11 - Helium Use Cases0:30:17 - Helium's Business Dev Team0:33:04 - The Senet, TTN, MachineQ Exodus0:40:18 - Helium Coverage Mapping0:43:45 - Redundancy & SLAs0:50:49 - Adding 100,000s Of Devices0:54:45 - Helium's True Competitor0:57:37 - Helium's Unmatched Community1:01:16 - Open Sourcing Helium Hotspot Design1:02:16 - Municipalities Using Helium1:05:22 - Threats To Helium1:08:37 - Manufacturing Delays1:09:25 - 2021 Growth Prediction1:10:11 - Final Thoughts1:11:41 - Mark Jogs My MemoryFollow Mark: https://twitter.com/pharkmillups Hosted by Arman Dezfuli-Arjomandi More episodes of The Hotspot are available on your favorite podcast app:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hotspot-helium-network-blockchain-podcast/id1524379293Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Wi2U6g7GWzrYzgOcsEvybYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hotspotpodAmazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Hotspot-Helium-Network-Blockchain-Podcast/dp/B08JJSSL57Resources:Follow me: https://x.com/rawrmaanFollow Helium: https://x.com/heliumFollow Helium Foundation: https://twitter.com/HeliumFndnFollow Helium Mobile: https://x.com/helium_mobileLearn more about Helium: https://www.helium.com/Intro song: Lakey Inspired - Arcade