Every founder has a massive “holy sh*t” moment. The one that makes your stomach drop and forces you to ask: Are we going to f*king make it or not? For @aeyakovenko, co-founder of @solana, that moment came in the most surreal way possible. He was flying home from a sold-out Solana conference — energy high, momentum strong, community buzzing. And then… mid-flight… everything changed. FTX collapsed. One of Solana’s biggest investors. One of its closest partners. Gone — in real time — while he was 30,000 feet in the air. Imagine landing and discovering the ecosystem you’ve been building for years just had the floor ripped out from under it. But here’s the part that stuck with me: Solana didn’t panic. Why? Because back in 2018, while the entire market was dropping 10% every week, Solana stayed lean. They didn’t over-hire. They didn’t over-spend. They built with discipline when everyone else was building with dopamine. So when the storm hit, they had runway. They had resilience. They had conviction. And that’s a lesson for every founder: 📉 Markets collapse. 🔥 Competitors blow up. 🌪️ Black swans happen mid-flight. But if you stay disciplined when times are good, you won’t be destroyed when times get bad. Survival isn’t luck. It’s preparation. This is a must watch episode with Anatoly who's incredibly humble, honest and funny! If you have nothing to do, go and watch! 👉