Builders In Bitcoin EP11: Bringing Bitcoin to Local Business w/ Michael Atwood, Founder - Oshi, Organizer - Austin Bitcoin Club
I had the pleasure of speaking with the founder of Oshi—and my good friend—Michael Atwood. Showing local businesses how to use Bitcoin to both embrace a better system and grow their customer base is a mission I wholeheartedly believe in, and one that Michael and Oshi continue to champion.
In this episode, we discuss and dig into:
what Oshi is and how it works
overcoming the current friction associated with onboarding small business to Bitcoin
Michael’s experience organizing the Austin Bitcoin Club meetup
0:00 Intro 3:30 What is Oshi? 5:56 Overcoming Bitcoin friction for small businesses 9:55 How to connect with businesses 13:54 Michael’s background 16:51 How does Oshi work? 19:23 Austin Bitcoin Club 25:18 Bitcoin is just a tool 28:58 Business accounting with Bitcoin 35:19 How Oshi onboards businesses 38:25 Syncing Oshi with your POS terminal 42:24 Collecting information + subscription models 44:52 Locally produced, globally distributed 46:52 Where to get the Oshi app 47:33 Bitcoin is hard 52:07 Where to find Michael and Oshi 53:17 Outro
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EP11: Bringing Bitcoin to Local Business w/ Michael Atwood, Founder - Oshi
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