[INTERVIEW] Ugur Yildirim: “Hive Project has the potential to be the next big thingin the financial world”

A renowned international businessman with over 15 years of investment management experience and now, as of last week, a member of the Hive Project board and the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Ugur Yildirim talks about the future of Hive Project, why he joined the team and much more.

Q: After being advisor to the Hive Project team, you joined as the CFO and a board member. Why did you decide to join Hive Project full time?

I have been involved in the project since the very beginning, providing advisory services, and am amazed at the progress that has been made so far — but our potential is even more exciting. That, plus the team’s motivation and willingness to work 24/7 to reach our goal — a blockchain based accounting and liquidity platform used by SMEs around the world — triggered my decision to play an active role in delivering on Hive Project’s promises.

Q: How do you see Hive Project’s future?

As stated in our CEO’s announcement: “Hive Project will be a leading platform and tool for SMEs around the world to get the liquidity they need.” The Hive Project Platform will fill a gap, providing the reliable accounting, transparency and credit scoring SMEs require to get the best possible liquidity on the market at any time. And I am certain that we will revolutionize the way SMEs around the world overcome their cashflow difficulties. During my years of investment experience, I have realised that the main reason why SMEs are unable to get the liquidity they need is because the accounting data provided is not sufficiently reliable. For every country we operate in, our goal is to be the main platform for SMEs that are searching for liquidity and want to use their real-time financials to get liquidity from other sources. Our ultimate aim is to become the epicentre of data for SMEs in every country where we have a presence.

The Hive Project Platform will be transparent — crucial in a world where reputation and integrity mean so much — and it will be very user friendly and fast. On top of this, I believe that the Hive Project Platform will deliver much needed simplicity and fall in line with our core objective: “To be your auditor, risk manager and liquidity broker on the same platform”.

Q: How do you see this (revolutionising the way SMEs around the world get the liquidity the need) happening? Is the team up for the challenge?

Our team comprises experts from a wide range of backgrounds, creating a good mosaic for success. The idea and the team behind it won “best new blockchain project” at CoinAgenda and have made a big “splash” in the SEE region’s business community.

The fundamental idea behind Hive Project has been refined and improved by our team’s financial experts, made user-friendly by our sales experts and given a strong technological edge by our knowledgeable developers. However,
although, the global opportunity is clear to see, I also want to keep our startup spirit alive.

Q: Hive Project’s vision is to become a premium fintech brand. How will your involvement help HVN attain this goal?

I hope that my financial expertise and international business experience will help us achieve our objectives. I believe we make a great team and will continue to work hard in order to achieve what we have promised.

Q: How do you see Hive Project Token (HVN) in the future?

Our focus is firmly on developing the Hive Project Platform, both in a business and development sense — to be the very best it can be. That would position the Hive Project Token (HVN) as having a very strong utility function for the
blockchain based liquidity service that Hive Project offers. And with a strong utility value, the trading dynamics increase with the token price.

Q: You will be giving the beta version (Proof of Concept) of the platform its global premiere at one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency conferences in Las Vegas (CoinAgenda Global). What can we expect there?

We have been given a free booth on the grand stage at CoinAgenda Las Vegas, and this will help us a lot when it comes to improving our visibility and presence among the community.

We also have several meetings and talks lined up with representatives from some of the biggest exchanges — just what the community wanted from us and what is in the best interests of our contributors. We will therefore be making our announcement regarding the third exchange later — after our Proof of Concept is unveiled in Las Vegas!

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