There are many who want to start a business, but few who want to start something more. Ronny Tome is one of the few by creating his own cryptocurrency. To start such an endeavor takes a great deal of perseverance and courage. It also requires an impenetrable entrepreneurial spirit.
Ronny knew he wanted to become an entrepreneur at an early age. He wanted to create a business that people would truly appreciate. Ronny Tome began his entrepreneurial career after graduating from the University of Cologne in 1995. He moved to Bali where he worked in sales and marketing before starting the first of many businesses, a sales and marketing company for holiday ownership in two clubs. He also founded businesses where he became the sole importer and distributor of three different Austria and Germany-based beverages to five-star resorts and hotels in Indonesia as well as became a Master Franchisee for a German coffee house concept.
From there, he founded more businesses, venturing from beverages to the property business and developed various high-end properties in Bali. It was at this time he discovered the power of cryptocurrency. Ronny Tome made history over a US-$750,00 bitcoin transaction. He sold a villa in Bali for a number of Bitcoins worth $750,000, one of the first cryptocurrency real estate transactions and the largest Bitcoin transaction ever executed at that time — a record Ronny held for 18 months. Two years later, Ronny, together with a group of finance professionals and experienced entrepreneurs, founded the Fintech company Ducatus in Singapore. This began his passion for the crypto-economy. He saw how it could open more possibilities for peoples’ financial future. Hence, the vision to make Ducatus Coin (DUC) a cryptocurrency for mainstream adoption, supported by a unique business model. It is not a hacker-operated cryptocurrency.
Ronny Tome is committed to advancing Ducatus Coin’s place as the world’s most usable cryptocurrency. The Ducatus Group of businesses across the globe — including Ducatus Health, Ducatus Travel, Ducatus Properties, and Ducatus Cafe — promote and encourage the use of DUC in everyday living. Ronny Tome is known for creating new opportunities not only for his businesses but also for his customers. He is dedicated to seeing cryptocurrency, like DUC, gain a more mainstream embrace. Follow Ronny Tome on Twitter!
Our Interview With Ronny Tome
What’s the most important thing we should know about you?
Ronny Tome: I only do things that I 100% believe in. And once I do, I’m willing to give it my 100%.
Name the most impactful lesson you learned from failure.
Ronny Tome: That even the best idea is not a guarantee to success. All you can do is try as hard and as long as you can. Follow your heart and do as you must. If it still fails then at least you have given it your best shot!
What accomplishment are you most proud of?
Ronny Tome: Setting up the Ducatus group of companies with partners around the world starting from a very small idea in 2016. It was a wonderful journey full of surprises that I did not foresee but that helped me improve tremendously as a professional.
What did you waste the most time on when you were first starting your career?
Ronny Tome: Believing and trusting people who made promises that were never fulfilled.
Name a tool you use for work that you can’t live without.
Ronny Tome: My gut feeling plus simple mathematics.
What is your favourite hobby and why?
Ronny Tome: Sitting in a place by myself watching the crowd and the world pass by. Because I can find peace by observing something hectic while being myself in a quiet and isolated space.
What excites you the most about your industry right now?
Ronny Tome: The opportunity to help thousands of people to reach financial freedom and to break free from the chains of a system that was set up decades ago to benefit the few and control the majority.
What concerns you most about your industry right now?
Ronny Tome: The lack of knowledge within the mass population and the extreme risk for the regular person of being scammed by bad players.
What’s the greatest risk you’ve ever taken?
Ronny Tome: Professionally? Going 100% with everything I have into my current business, stopping all other activities and putting all on one card.
Name one small habit that positively impacts your productivity.
Ronny Tome: Running background audio/TV news while working on emails and work related tasks.
What tips do you have for getting a seat at the table?
Ronny Tome: Be confident and ask for it!
What book has made the biggest impact on your life?
Ronny Tome: Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography by Richard Branson
Do you value intelligence or common sense more? Why?
Ronny Tome: Common sense. Many intelligent people still do very stupid things that do not make sense.
What would you consider to be the perfect day?
Ronny Tome: Currently? Waking up, gym, two hours of work, lunch with a work non-related friend, light work in the afternoon, an early dinner, some phone calls with positive leaders of our network, relaxing in bed watching some TV, and a great night’s sleep.
