Meet Ben Eluan, CEO and Co-Founder of Flux, the Paypal of Africa

Ben Eluan along with his friends/co-founders dropped out of university to build Flux. Flux is a crypto remittance startup built to enable individuals and merchants to send and receive money from anywhere in the world.
In May 2020, Flux got accepted into Pioneer, an accelerator launched by ex-YC partner Daniel Gross. Pioneer gives founders access to funding streams and talent hardly found outside Silicon Valley. After the program, Flux subsequently raised $77,000 pre-seed investment from different investors - Hustle Fund and Mozilla, among others. In March 2021, Flux got accepted into YC.
I had a quick chat with Ben and we talked all about his journey - ditching classes to code, to freelancing then building an e-commerce platform called Joppa which grew to over 20k users to then dropping out of school to build and scale Flux.
0:48 Ben talks about himself.
1:34 Ben talks about how he dropped out and how Flux started
7:39 What were the next steps after building the idea?
16:03 When did you get into YC?
18:17 After getting the first rejection, what pushed you to keep trying?
19:51 What’s the difference in dynamics, moving from a Software Engineer to CEO?
22:09 What is the next thing for Flux? What are you looking to build?
23:57 Final words from Ben
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[@iafrob6065]

I'm a 500 level OAU student. I have a great product I'm building which I really believe in. Hopefully, we'll get to this stage soon 🔋

[@PeaceItimiofficial]

Wish you all the best 😊

[@emmanuelonwoh4696]

@iafrob6065 if you guys need an entry level semi full stack engineer

[@sanniametu6187]

😂😂the last question on age thoo...but the rate of drop out is alarming tho😅love the dream and the vision and most importantly the team work was everything for me👌

[@SheyiShobayo]

Awesome interview. Ben did his best and I enjoyed this. I am actually taking notes... Perseverance and GRIT !

[@PeaceItimiofficial]

Exactly

[@Ibenyeugbala]

This is nice, i am gonna work my way up to be interviewed by you...

[@samueloluwakayode5500]

No cereal milk question this season? Enjoyed the interview. All the best to flux.

[@PeaceItimiofficial]

😁😁 No Thank you for watching!

[@jofawole]

Man, I truly love this. Ben was so practical and real. I feel this is enough motivation to always persevere, have the right clique, and be consistent. 💆🏾‍♂️

[@PeaceItimiofficial]

Thank you for watching.

[@chiddtv]

First to view and comment 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@PeaceItimiofficial]

Yayyyy!💫

[@andysawa5771]

He's so smart and confident. All the best Ahead

[@abdulmuizzkelani3760]

I love how chilled he is :)

[@agatevureglory]

Learning alot from young founders like Ben share their stories and how they raised funds. Nice interview!

[@PeaceItimiofficial]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jeffreyiguodala2708]

On point. Drop out to CEO

[@godspower_eze]

Another wonderful episode. Thanks, Peace. Cool stuff.

[@PeaceItimiofficial]

Thank you for watching.

[@emmanuelezele7281]

inspirational..... Miss peace you will definitely interview me soon

[@ibeyeesther2031]

Interesting, wow👏

[@DayoMoyo]

Great interview.

[@bolaji_]

Nice episode 💪💪💪

[@PeaceItimiofficial]

Thank you for watching

[@Mozeloper]

Insightful.....

[@DavidMuritala]

How can someone get feature ?

[@harrybenji6806]

This is amazing !!

[@PeaceItimiofficial]

Thank you! 💥

[@SamuelOlukayode-ol9rw]

I wanted to use that name😭😭

[@Freedom20255]

Just copy and Call it the PayPal of Africa…

[@amehwealthy3865]

Dude sounds like Elon Musk, 🤔

[@jessicaduru1053]

Exactly

[@beneluan9784]

Fate loves irony :) the most entertaining outcome is the most likely

[@fairuz_k]

peace am allan from uganda i think you should normalise bringing us dropouts couz theyinspire us alot we who are still traped in this shit hole kinda educ sys REGARDS.