E131: @diogomonica: Why DEFI will NEVER WORK, unless these two things change!
Diogo Monica is the General Partner at @HaunVentures, President at @NEARFoundation, and the co-founder of @Anchorage.
Join me for this captivating 2-hour conversation with Diogo - a crypto founder turned VC, now backing the next wave of blockchain innovation and driving mainstream adoption through Anchorage Digital, the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S.
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:54 Partnerships: @JupiterExchange, @KASTcard, @BitwiseInvest, @SuiNetwork, @Mantle_Official, @ForzaBitcoin
2:44 Beauty Privilege Is Real
3:26 Why Fitness Builds Trust
8:30 Who is Diogo MĂłnica?
9:56 Self-Custody with @Trezor
10:48 Silicon Valley Changed Everything
12:03 Why I Left San Francisco
15:52 The Crypto Traveling Circus
18:31 Stablecoins & FinTech Founders
20:36 Ambition Through Discomfort
23:17 Retirement Is a Myth
25:25 The Evolution of Jack Dorsey
27:37 The Cost of Working Sundays
29:10 Working Sundays & Culture
33:51 Missionaries vs. Mercenaries
36:26 The Loneliness of Founders
38:09 Why Starting Is Easier Now
40:32 Watching Your Team Disappear
43:13 Hiring Self-Starters Only
45:29 Why Most Startups Fail
51:56 Is Life a Single-Player Game?
53:28 The Struggles of Solo Founders
55:43 The $1.5M Bitcoin Mistake
58:13 The Magic of Zero to One
58:50 Why Zero to One Needs In-Person
1:00:02 Scaling From One To Hundred
1:00:54 From Employee To Multi-Founder
1:05:10 Proactive Mental Health Care
1:06:24 Starting Couple Therapy Early
1:07:24 Founder Burnout Is Common
1:09:33 Entrepreneurs Becoming VCs
1:10:35 Founder Vs. Venture Investor
1:12:41 Why VCs Seem Arrogant
1:15:13 Why Founders Make Bad VCs
1:16:20 VCs Have Higher Expected Value
1:19:01 The Accountability Gap In VC
1:21:19 Why I Joined Haun Ventures
1:23:39 Balancing Work And Family Life
1:26:42 When Family Changes Priorities
1:28:26 What Does Enough Mean?
1:30:24 Balancing Happiness and Anxiety
1:32:35 Contrarian Views on AI
1:34:04 Changing Minds Through Debate
1:37:41 The New Default Career Path
1:39:07 Cryptoâs Incentive Problem
1:42:07 Prediction for the Next 12 Months
1:43:30 Concluding Remarks
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