88. Redeploy Your Best Asset Wisely

Today’s guest visits The Prosperity Perspective from the other side of the pond; Phil Blows brings his insights as crypto expert and founder of AQRU in London, a company that manages 8 different crypto-related businesses within it. 

Learn where we are on the crypto adoption curve right now from someone who knows about it, such as how it will become not a replacement but be complementary to our currency system. Educate yourself on this currency that “will increasingly become a part of the average portfolio,” including why 99 percent of the 70,000 available bitcoins will not be worth investing in when you look under the hood. 

Phil also shares his experience moving from being an employee to running his own company and the fears that came with it. He explains why he’s glad to have taken his time to the age of 26 to launch his company because he needed the knowledge and confidence that comes with years of experience. Get his strategic thinking about where to redeploy the assets they made and his number one advice to entrepreneurs looking to begin their crypto venture.  

3 Key Takeaways

• Don’t focus on the money you can gain from a startup. Instead, focus on doing what makes you truly passionate and the money will follow. 
• If you start a business and end up as an employee again, you HAVEN’T wasted your time. Companies are more likely to hire someone who founded a business from scratch because of the experience gained. 
• Your time is your most valuable asset. Don’t waste it doing things that other team members could do better. In other words, do what you do best. 

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About Phil Blows

Phil is founder and CEO of AQRU Plc, a business that specializes in helping institutional and retail customers earn high interest rates on their cryptocurrency. Phil has more than 15 years of leadership experience in the Fintech and asset management sectors having spearheaded the scaling-up of online trading platforms at several leading companies.

As an expert in financial planning and wealth management, Phil spent 4 years, during his time at UK robo-adviser, Wealth Wizards, speaking with over 10,000 retail investors about how they manage their money and then designed a simple online tool to help give advice and guidance to help everyday people improve their financial health.

Phil also worked as a senior foreign exchange adviser at Continental Capital Markets S.A where he built a global client base of investment banks and advised on derivative investment strategies.

Phil also created the Asset Management arm of global foreign exchange business, Money corps, helping retail customers create investment strategies in the stock and derivative markets. Phil graduated from the University of Leeds and went on to gain an MBA from the University of Geneva. He holds several internationally recognized financial certifications and qualifications, including an Investment Management Certificate from the CFA Institute and has been certified a Block chain Expert by the Block chain Council.

Phil is passionate about improving the financial health of all those he meets and is the author of a personal finance book, The Money Triangle, proceeds of which support various financial education charities.