Welcome to Bankless, where we explore the frontier of internet money and internet finance.

And today on Bankless, we're exploring the frontier of being a startup founder.

Are you startup curious? Do you think you have what it takes to become a founder?

Have you always been curious about the challenges, difficulties and skills that come with building a company?

Today in the show, Bankless Nation, I have a goal. A goal for the marginal builder who's out there, who just needs a little push over the edge to start building something in crypto.

On the show today, we have some of crypto's most successful, most famous founders and builders,

each with about 15 minutes of time, giving you the wisdom that they've gained from their time being a

crypto builder.

We've got Jesse Pollock from base, Jeremy Aller from Circle, Anatoly from Solana, Stani from Ave, Kane from Synthetics, Mike and Jason from

Blockworks, Kevin Milwaukee from Gitcoin, Lucas from Gito, and each one has their own perspective,

their own scars, and hopefully by listening to this episode, you, listener, can learn from their

lessons and acquire their wisdom and gain the confidence you need to venture out onto your

own frontier, and maybe one day

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Let's go ahead and get right into this episode, but first, I'm going to talk about some of these

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