POD OF JAKE

weird internet kid. building @seemoretv . sold a startup. code + army + hbs. mostly on farcaster.

creating and destroying; flying cars, @kittyhawkcorp , @roc_camera , http://july.rocks

Camila Russo is the Founder of The Defiant, a media company focusing on decentralized finance, and the author of The Infinite Machine, the most read book on the history of Ethereum. Previously, she was a markets and crypto reporter at Bloomberg News. Follow her on X ⁠@CamiRusso . Mint this episode for free onchain on Base at ⁠⁠ pods.media/pod-of-jake/186-camila-russo For more episodes, go to ⁠⁠pod...

jvmi is a digital artist & creative programmer. He is best known for swatches, an interactive art collection on Base. jvmi has also worked as a frontend developer at Optimism. Check out his work at jvmi.art and follow him on X @jvmi_ and on Warpcast @jvmi . Mint this episode for free onchain on Base at ⁠pods.media/pod-of-jake/185-jvmi For more episodes, go to ⁠⁠podofjake.com⁠⁠. Previous guests...

creator of $higher and aethernet

product @0xsplits | host @latenightcrewfc

W1NTΞR is the co-creator of BasePaint , a collaborative pixel art project built on Base. He specializes in unique smart contracts, user interfaces, and everything in between. W1NTΞR has built several crypto projects in the last few years and worked for FAANG companies and startups before that. Follow him on X @w1nt3r_eth and on Farcaster @w1nt3r . Mint this episode for free onchain on Base at ⁠pod...

Brave, impeccable, full of integrity, and a little wild. Here to learn, be exposed to new ideas and feel deeply.

musican. ai artiste. designed the channel icon for  /relationships

Head of Crypto @Lazer_HQ // Prev: @CoinDesk @RocNation // Crypto Generalist // Stay Curious // IIXII // NFA // @garrett on Farcaster // @higherarrows

Interested in building new institutions | @nodefnd @brtmoments

Jacob is a cofounder of Zora , an onchain social network revealing new opportunities to create, connect, and earn from your life online. It's new app could be compared to a crypto version of Instagram. Before creating Zora, Jacob was a product designer and product manager at Coinbase. Follow Jacob on Warpcast @jacob and on X @js_horne . 0:00 - Jacob’s journey to creating Zora 11:40 - The evolution...

Dariya is a Co-Founder at Layer3 , the consumer attention layer for Web3. Previously, he built several apps, sold an Instagram network, and launched Mastermind, a mentorship platform. Follow Dariya on X @DariyaKho 0:00 - Selling Pokemon cards as a kid 7:32 - Building curated accounts on Instagram 15:59 - Being early to Instagram and learning to grow audiences 21:50 - Dariya’s favorite apps he buil...

RAC is a Grammy award-winning musician, record producer, and pioneering creator in crypto. He is currently building Factory.fm (a music app) and Oscillator (a music protocol). Follow RAC on X @RAC . [0:00] - How RAC combined his interests in business and music to create a remix-as-a-service collective [13:56] - His discovery of and excitement about Ethereum [20:56] - Permissioned vs permissionless...

Jason is the Founder & CEO of Airstack , a leading Farcaster development company, and the creator of Moxie , a community owned, community-governed Farcaster protocol on a mission to grow the Farcaster GDP. [0:42] - Jason’s experience working at the White House during Bill Clinton's presidency [3:30] - Becoming a highly successful tech entrepreneur [12:18] - Making the decision to go all in on...

Nobody (legal name: Nobody Special) is the founder & CEO of Theopetra Labs. Theopetra aims to build a network state where citizens collectively & equally own both the financial infrastructure of the nation and the real estate it encompasses. Nobody previously has spent several years working in residential real estate and experimenting with concept like microspaces. Follow Nobody on X @Mel_...

Mike is a co-founder of Rainbow , one of the most widely used wallets in crypto (wowowow). Before Rainbow, Mike started a couple of companies and worked for a few others after dropping out of college following his first semester. Follow Mike on X @mikedemarais and on Warpcast ⁠@mikedemarais.eth⁠ . [0:42] - Mike's story from college dropout to crypto founder [10:31] - Starting companies to fix comp...

Joshua is the Founder & CEO of DoNotPay. He is a Thiel Fellow who has been called "Robin Hood of the Internet" for building products to save people time and money. DoNotPay is an automated service that handles over 200 consumer rights challenges such as cancelling subscriptions, obtaining refunds, and appealing tickets. Follow Joshua on X @jbrowder1 . [0:16] - How Joshua turned his penchant fo...

Jeremy is Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Circle , the financial technology company behind the USDC stablecoin. Before Circle, Jeremy co-founded several companies, including Brightcove and Allaire Corporation , which was acquired by Macromedia . Follow Jeremy on X @jerallaire . 0:00 - Jeremy’s career growth in parallel to the internet 10:06 - Comparing the first decade of internet adoption to the...

Luca is the CEO of the Pudgy Penguins . Pudgy Penguins is one of the two or three most successful PFP NFT collections in the world by floor price and volume. Since dropping out of high school, Luca has become a serial entrepreneur and successful internet marketer who has built multiple e-commerce businesses. Follow Luca on X @LucaNetz . [0:00] - How an entrepreneurial mindset allowed Luca to exper...

Michael is the Founder and CEO of Big League Advantage (BLA), a company that uses deep analytics to forecast future performance of minor league baseball players in which it invests. Prior to creating Big League Advantage, Michael was a Major League Baseball player, pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies. Follow Michael on Twitter @mschwimer . 0:00 - Michael's baseball career, and entrepreneurial s...

Augustus is the Founder & CEO of Rainmaker, a cloud seeding and weather modification company. The company's objective is to facilitate more precipitation in the American West in the near-term, while terraforming Earth more broadly over time. Augustus previously co-founded another startup and was named a Thiel Fellow in 2024. Follow Augustus on X @ADoricko . Mint this episode for free onchain o...

Jesse is the creator of Base , an Ethereum Layer 2 incubated by Coinbase, where Jesse has worked since 2017. Less than one year since its mainnet launch in August 2023, Base has quickly become the leading L2 by many metrics as of the time of this episode's release. Prior to Base, Jesse led all of Coinbase’s consumer-facing engineering from 2017 to 2021. Jesse originally joined Coinbase through the...

Emin is Co-Founder and CEO of Ava Labs, the organization behind the Avalanche smart contract network. He is a computer scientist, software engineer, and researcher who has focused on distributed systems, network security, and cryptocurrencies for more than 20 years. Before building Ava Labs, Emin was an associate professor of computer science at Cornell University and co-director of the Initiative...

Brendan is Co-Founder & CEO of Mercor, a global labor market using AI to find optimal matches between people and work opportunities. He and his co-founders were selected as Thiel Fellows as part of the 2024 class. Brendan previously founded a cloud computing company called Seros and dropped out of Georgetown University. Follow him on X @BrendanFoody . Mint this episode for free onchain on Base...