This article is part of a series of blog posts about BitClave advisors.
Please, meet Alex Shin, a Partner at Blockchain Partners Korea, the leading crypto fund coming from Seoul. As a Korean american entrepreneur, he works to keep Korea on the map as a strong contender in the blockchain space as the industry continues to scale. Shin is a storyteller, a people connector and an enabler; bringing a strong proven history of partnerships, PR and product/growth hacking experience to the BitClave team.
Based in San Francisco, Alex was responsible for the initial launch and adoption of Blind, an anonymous community app for the workplace. The exclusive app is used by hundreds of thousands of verified employees at companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, Uber, Airbnb and more: removing professional barriers in the workplace to open a truly flat, safe environment for conversations.
Alex/Blind was most recently mentioned in New York Times following the recent Weinstein Hollywood scandals and was featured in Business Insider, Mashable, Forbes, TechCrunch as Blind continues to grow in the tech community here in silicon valley and beyond.
He’s also an angel investor and advisor to numerous startups including 82 Labs, Morning Recovery; working to formulate and ship a hangover cure that actually works! Shin lead their PR efforts that helped the team get more than $1 million in sales in the first 3 months of operation.
In the past, Alex has dabbled in Enterprise Saas starting his career at DocuSign as one of the top performing sales representatives and moving onto sales operations and growth roles at companies like Google, Counsyl and Groove.co.
Why BitClave
Search has defined the utility of the internet from the very beginning. On Alphabet’s earnings call this quarter, Google’s year-over-year revenue shot up 24% — it’s an incredibly lucrative business that is anchored by our data (and advertisers with deep pockets), yet search as a global industry is overwhelmingly centralized.
With blockchain coming into the world (often regarded as the next internet) the team at BitClave is building a new engine that is centered around the user, ushering in a new era of utility. One that puts you in control of your activity and engagement on the internet. An experience that is completely private and secure, with advertisers paying you for readership, services or apps. It’s a fundamental shift that’ll redefine how we understand the internet. Does that sound familiar?
-Alex Shin
Alex will be an excellent addition to the BitClave team, and his advice on building successful anonymous platforms will be extremely helpful in our goal to build a marketplace where users can confidentially share their personal data.
