PontiacNow Podcast #1: Mission Briefing

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In today's podcast we introduce two of our team members, Drew Graham and Andrew Futrell. They describe their backgrounds in tech, entrepreneurship, and the metro Detroit business community.

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Drew Graham

Drew graduated from the University of Michigan in 2016 with a dual major in accounting and information technology management. In stark contrast to his current career in the anarcho-capitalist industry of blockchain, he served two tax busy seasons at various CPA firms during his college career. After graduating he went to work in the IT field with Andrew. Last October, Drew began his career in crypto full time, joining the No Limit Coin development team. https://nolimitcoin.org/

Around the same time he also confounded Arbitraj.io , a software suite focusing on taking advantage of price differences between exchanges.

Here is a screenshot of the chrome extension being used to assist in trading NLC2

Now he's excited to leverage his industry contacts and experience to help lead the PontiacNow project to success.

Andrew Futrell

Andrew has been working in the IT field for the last five years, learning the ins and outs of how businesses utilize technology. Last year he founded his own online marketing and content agency. Mindset Marketing is advertising powerhouse behind the PontiacNow project. His partner and videographer Robert Newman was behind the camera for this podcast, but will certainly be featured in the future.

Andrew and Drew discuss what they experienced while living in Downtown Detroit (Pontiac's big brother) during it's very formative year of 2016. While the construction, development, and general improvement of the downtown area over the last 5 years has been shocking, many consider it massively insufficient in terms of service to the long time residents. The positive changes seemed to stop at the boundaries of the downtown area, leaving the neighborhoods, and public school infrastructure to continue to decay.

The PontiacNow team hopes to avoid this type of situation by focusing efforts on providing job training for residents. Specifically by offering EOS certified technician classes. The blockchain industry has grown much faster than the supply of eligible programmers, leading to a perfect opportunity for Pontiac residents to take advantage of.

Tomorrow's podcast will be an interview with one of the biggest movers and shakers in the city of Pontiac, Bob Waun.