In The Exchange with KB, host Kirill Bensonoff continues his series of interviews with today’s top innovators and business leaders to know. In today’s episode, KB is joined by Alex Adelman, CEO & Co-founder of Lolli which rewards online shoppers with bitcoin.

Learn more about our guest:

Alex Adelman is the CEO & Co-founder of Lolli, a rewards application that lets people earn bitcoin when they shop online. Alex has also served as the CEO & Co-founder of Cosmic, the leading e-commerce gateway, which was acquired by PopSugar in ’15 and then by Ebates in ’17. He has also been listed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Retail & E-Commerce.

Visit: www.lolli.com and follow him on Twitter: @alexadelman and @trylolli

Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome and introduction01:02 About Cosmic03:34 Starting in E-commerce05:53 Building the Cosmic team09:03 Will remote work scale?11:50 Dealing with hiring14:13 What is Lolli?16:57 How Lolli works18:01 Creating accessibility20:23 Bitcoin pushback23:21 Challenges for Lolli25:43 Adding other cryptos28:14 Merchants and bitcoin volatility28:50 Stance on Libra and stablecoins31:54 What’s next for Lolli?33:55 Conclusion