POD OF JAKE

Vinny is a serial entrepreneur and technology investor originally from South Africa. He has led several successful investments across the crypto industry from Filecoin to Solana. Vinny co-founded and is now Chairman of the Board at Civic, a blockchain-based identity protection and management system. He is also a general partner at Multicoin Capital and Newtown Partners. Vinny previously founded th...

Kyle is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital, a thesis-driven crypto investment firm. Founded in 2017, Multicoin has made several stellar investments including Solana, Near, Helium, Audius, and Arweave to establish itself as one of the most successful funds not only in crypto but overall. Multicoin now manages several billion dollars worth of assets across hedge funds and venture f...

pplpleasr is a multidisciplinary artist based out of New York City. Her work as a digital artist includes visual effects credits in feature films (Batman v Superman, Wonder Woman, Star Trek Beyond), commercials and Blizzard game cinematics. In 2020, pplpleasr went viral creating original animations to help define the Decentralized Finance movement as well the NFT space. She inspired PleasrDAO, has...

Aella is a researcher, blogger, and sex worker who has accumulated a sizable following on Twitter. She has been one of the more successful creators on OnlyFans and is also an entrepreneur with some experience working in crypto. Aella was recently funded to pursue her research more extensively. Follow her on Twitter @Aella_Girl and read her blog at knowingless.com . [2:18] - Aella’s conservative up...

Robbie is the Co-Founder and CEO of Othership, a guided breathwork app. Before creating Othership, Robbie spent four years working internationally on Ethereum’s ecosystem development. This episode ends with a live 10-minute breathwork session led by Robbie. Follow Robbie @robbiebent1 and learn more about Othership at othership.us . [2:18] - How the 2009 financial crisis forced Robbie to reflect an...

Avichal is a co-founder and partner on the investment team at Electric Capital, an early stage venture firm focused on cryptocurrencies, blockchain, fintech, and marketplaces. Before starting Electric Capital, Avichal was a serial entrepreneur with executive experience at Google and Facebook. He also served as a part-time partner at YCombinator and has been a successful VC and crypto investor for...

Danielle is Co-Founder and General Partner of 1517 Fund, a venture capital firm backing founders at the earliest stages of their careers and companies. In particular, 1517 focuses on investing in teams led by dropouts, deep-tech scientists, and founders working outside of tracked institutions. Prior to 1517, Danielle founded and directed her own charter school and helped to lead the design and ope...

Anatoly is the co-founder and CEO of Solana Labs, the organization behind Solana. Solana aims to be the fastest and most scalable decentralized blockchain in the world. Anatoly previously spent more than a decade at Qualcomm after graduating from The University of Illinois in 2003. Follow him on Twitter @aeyakovenko and learn more about Solana at solana.com . [2:18] - Anatoly's story and how he ca...

Paul is the Co-Founder & CEO of Molecule as well as the Co-Initiator of VitaDAO. He has spent several years working in the blockchain space from organizing Ethereum meetups in South Africa to serving as Director of Business Development for ConsenSys. Paul is working on building a marketplace for drug discovery and development through the use of blockchain technology, enabling IP NFTs and boots...

Bored Elon Musk is a pseudonymous individual with over 1.7 million followers on Twitter. What began as a humble parody account tweeting complex solutions to simple problems has over several year become a highly influential and lucrative account. Today, Bored Elon is angel investing, buying and selling NFTs, and working on several projects in web3. His blockchain gaming project, MetaMars, is set to...

Lola is the Founder and CEO of Base, an app that pairs with at-home lab testing to help people improve their health in areas like sleep, stress, energy, diet, and sex drive. Prior to founding Base, Lola served as the Head of Engineering at Cor and as a software engineer at Instagram, Facebook, and Amazon. Follow Lola on Twitter @lolitapriego and learn more about her company at get-base.com . [2:18...

Sandeep is the Co-Founder and COO of Polygon, a leading blockchain scalability platform. He is also the Founder of India Covid Relief Fund which raised over $400 million in crypto. Follow Sandeep on Twitter @sandeepnailwal . [2:18] - How providing for his family ultimately led Sandeep to crypto [10:45] - Sandeep's feeling of responsibility to give back to those around him [16:46] - The creation an...

Daniel is the Founder and CEO of Pioneer. He previously created a search engine called Cue which was acquired by Apple where he went on to lead various AI and search projects. Daniel was the youngest founder to be accepted into Y-Combinator in his late teens and later returned as a Partner and started YC's AI program. He has been an early investor in companies including Uber, Instacart, Coinbase,...

Jeff is the Founder and Managing Partner of Chapter One, an early-stage venture capital fund with a focus on product. He previously served as the VP of Product and Revenue at Tinder as it became the #1 top grossing app in the App Store and one of the top grossing products in mobile history. Jeff's investments have included Cameo, Compound, Dapper Labs, Lambda School, Lyft, Mercury, Pipe, Ro, Roam...

Eric is Founder and CEO of Elysium Health. Elysium's mission is to translate critical scientific advancements in aging research into accessible health products and technologies. Eric previously joined Sequoia Capital as its youngest partner to lead growth investing in mobile technologies. He earned his BA from Princeton University and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Use promo code "JAKE...

Eric is the President and CEO of the Buck Institute for Research and Aging. His laboratory focuses on the role of epigenetic regulators in the aging process. Personally, Eric holds more than 210 scientific papers and 15 patents. Follow him on Twitter @EricVerdin . [2:18] - Eric's lifelong interest in science and longevity [7:11] - Transitioning towards preventative healthcare [15:59] - The status...

Scott is the co-founder of AirGarage. He recently started CityDAO, a community of people interested in putting a piece of land on the blockchain. CityDAO has quickly raised over $250,000 to purchase its first plot of land in Wyoming. Earlier in his career, Scott was selected as a Thiel Fellow. Follow him on Twitter @scottfits . [2:18] - How experimenting with parking lots introduced Scott to city...

Hiten is a serial entrepreneur and investor currently serving as the Co-Founder and CEO of Nira. He previously co-founded KISSmetrics, and before that, CrazyEgg. Hiten has invested in or advised more than 200 startups over the last 15 years and has recently turned his attention towards crypto. Follow Hiten on Twitter @hnshah . [2:21] - Hiten’s story, his fathers advice, and early days as an entrep...

Ryan is co-founder & CEO of Messari, a leading crypto data and intelligence company. Prior to founding Messari, he served as an entrepreneur-in-residence at ConsenSys, and on the founding teams of Digital Currency Group and CoinDesk. Ryan has been an investor & prolific writer in the crypto industry since 2013. Follow him on Twitter @twobitidiot. [2:21] - Ryan's journey from crypto OG to f...

Mark is the bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck and Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope . His most popular book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, was the most read non-fiction book in the world in 2017. Mark began writing as a blogger in 2009 and his site, markmanson.net , is now read by more than 15 million people each year. Mark's next book, Will (the memoir of Will...

Danny is the host of The Danny Miranda Podcast, currently a Top 1% podcast in the world. He also writes a weekly newsletter called Tuesday Treasure. His stated missions are to pursue his highest version and inspire others to do the same, to make the world happier, healthier, and wiser, and to raise the consciousness of humanity. Follow Danny on Twitter @heydannymiranda . [0:59] - Danny's transform...

Reade is the Managing Member of Sunset Digital Asset Management. He is an angel investor and early adopter of BitClout. As of this episode's release, Reade is one of the Top 5 active profiles on BitClout by the value of his creator coin. He has invested in a number crypto companies, including several built on BitClout, and others, as well as the creator coins of many individuals on BitClout. Follo...

Joey is Co-Chief Investment Officer at Pantera Capital. Prior to Pantera, he co-founded Augur, a decentralized prediction market platform and solution to the oracle problem. Joey also co-founded Eco, an app which offers a simple balance to let users spend, send, save and make money at the same time. He co-founded a crypto-focused AngelList syndicate which became one of the top fifteen by backing a...

Qiao is a Partner at The Defi Alliance. He previously co-founded and served as the Head of Product at Messari, now the leading cryptoasset information platform. He spent his early career working in finance as a quant trader at Tower Research. Alongside crypto, Qiao has become increasingly focused on longevity and the idea that we may be able to cure aging. Follow him on Twitter @QwQiao . [0:59] -...

Vijay is the author of the long-form article turned book, " The Bullish Case for Bitcoin ". His original piece is one of the most widely read texts ever written about Bitcoin, following Satoshi Nakamoto's White Paper. Vijay's article has been translated into over 20 different languages and read about one million times. In addition to his writing, Vijay was an early employee at Google and a former...