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Mano Thanabalan: Otonomos – Simplifying Incorporation and Automating Corporate Governance
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Mano Thanabalan: Otonomos – Simplifying Incorporation and Automating Corporate Governance
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Length:
64 minutes
Released:
Apr 25, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Anyone who has ever started a company knows just how tedious that process that can be. Whether it’s establishing a shareholder’s agreement, defining the company’s constitutional structure, raising funds, or transferring shares, corporate governance procedures remain largely paper-based, requiring validation from multiple stakeholders, and their lawyers. Blockchain technologies, and specifically smart contracts, provide the rails upon which these processes can be digitized and streamlined, reducing operational costs, eliminating errors and automating menial tasks.
Manu Thanabalan, CTO of Otonomos, joins us to discuss how his company is leveraging smart contracts to accelerate incorporation and automate corporate governance. Otonomos provides the tools and services which allow for anyone to start a company in any of the jurisdictions they support. Using their platform, founders are able to define board members and issue shares, while captables are kept up-to-date in real-time. Day-to-day governance mechanisms and standard procedures such as voting and share transfers are automated through a smart contact, which complies with local jurisdictional regulation.
Topics covered in this episode:
Mano’s background as a quantitative trader and how he transitioned into blockchain
The fundamental problem Otonomos is addressing
How we may be able to unlock a tremendous amount of value by liberating shares currently locked in private companies
Leveraging smart contracts to automate standardized corporate legal procedures
The types of constitutional rules which can be digitized and automated with smart contracts
The ability to simplify accounting and auditing with Otonomos
The Otonomos technology stack
The current state of Otonomos and their product roadmap
Episode links:
Otonomos Website
This episode is hosted by Meher Roy and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/180
Manu Thanabalan, CTO of Otonomos, joins us to discuss how his company is leveraging smart contracts to accelerate incorporation and automate corporate governance. Otonomos provides the tools and services which allow for anyone to start a company in any of the jurisdictions they support. Using their platform, founders are able to define board members and issue shares, while captables are kept up-to-date in real-time. Day-to-day governance mechanisms and standard procedures such as voting and share transfers are automated through a smart contact, which complies with local jurisdictional regulation.
Topics covered in this episode:
Mano’s background as a quantitative trader and how he transitioned into blockchain
The fundamental problem Otonomos is addressing
How we may be able to unlock a tremendous amount of value by liberating shares currently locked in private companies
Leveraging smart contracts to automate standardized corporate legal procedures
The types of constitutional rules which can be digitized and automated with smart contracts
The ability to simplify accounting and auditing with Otonomos
The Otonomos technology stack
The current state of Otonomos and their product roadmap
Episode links:
Otonomos Website
This episode is hosted by Meher Roy and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/180
Released:
Apr 25, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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