I was lucky enough to be the first investor in a company called Coinbase. Today they are a Cryptocurrency exchange worth billions that just went public. But when I met Brian, Bitcoin was $5 and Coinbase was just him. Here’s the story behind my best investment yet.
How to get rich: https://youtu.be/7Hdu4DlnLIk
Stop wasting your life: https://youtu.be/eLelgy5zRv4
Roll your way to a Startup Unicorn: https://youtu.be/r8hhvw-1b-M
0:49 How I met Brain Armstrong (Coinbase Co-Founder & CEO)
2:54 No one believed in bitcoin in 2012
3:42 Why I said YES when most said NO
6:18 What YOU should learn from this
7:00 Roll your way to a Startup Unicorn: Lessons for Founders
Roll your way to a Startup Unicorn: https://youtu.be/r8hhvw-1b-M
Note: 6000X at the $100B private secondary valuation, blended Initialized and Y Combinator early investments at seed/pre-seed.
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I’m Garry Tan, venture capitalist and founder at Initialized Capital. We were earliest investors in billion dollar startups like Coinbase and Instacart, and I’m a Forbes Midas List Top 100 venture capitalist in the world. We want these videos to be about helping people build world-class teams and startups that touch a billion people. Our startups have gone on to create more than $100 billion in market value so far, and Initialized has over $770M in assets under management.
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