07. John Magill from Zaprite: Building a design-first bitcoin startup

About this episode

Sahil Chaturvedi interviews John Magill about his journey from graphic design to founding Zaprite, a Bitcoin payment platform.

In this episode of the Studio Twentyone Show, Sahil walks with John Magill, founder and CEO of Zaprite, to explore his journey from traditional graphic design to building a Bitcoin payment platform. John shares insights from his background in art, his transition to digital design, and how he built Zaprite from the ground up. 🔍 What you'll learn in this episode: John's path from art school to Bitcoin entrepreneurship How freelance design led to creating a Bitcoin payment solution Building an MVP as a non-developer and raising funding Balancing the roles of CEO and designer at a growing startup Managing feature requests while maintaining product vision 🔗 Subscribe for more content on Bitcoin and product design from the Studio Twentyone Show ! Connect with John: Twitter: https://twitter.com/john_zaprite Website: https://zaprite.com/ Connect with Me: Twitter: https://x.com/SahilC0 Nostr: sahil@primal.net/sahil Web: https://sahilc.com/ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction to the Studio Twentyone Show 00:34 Meeting John Magill from Zaprite 01:03 Bitcoin Community in Austin 01:36 John's Approach to Digital Privacy 02:11 The Economics of Social Media 03:36 Early Freelance Design Career 04:47…

People in this episode

Host: Sahil Chaturvedi

Guest: John Magill

Topics covered

• Bitcoin
• design
• entrepreneurship
• startup
• graphic design
• MVP
• funding

Keywords

• entrepreneurship
• Bitcoin
• design-first
• startup
• MVP
• graphic design
• funding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zaprite

Places: Austin

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