Nikil Viswanathan (Alchemy) - Lessons from a Stanford Success

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Stanford eCorner

Journey, Startups, Education, Stanford, Culture, Strategy, Stanford University, Entrepreneurship, Business, Life Lessons, Thought Leadership, Creativity, Etl, Challenges, Leadership, Innovation, Founders

4.4 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Nikil Viswanathan is the co-founder and CEO of Alchemy, the world's leading web3 developer platform. Alchemy is hailed as the fastest growing company in history, going from public launch to a $10 billion valuation in just 16 months. Alchemy powers over $100 billion in transactions globally, including the majority of the NFT industry, top web3 companies, and traditional enterprises. In this presentation, Viswanathan shares the key lessons he’s learned during his entrepreneurial journey, from his time as a student at Stanford to his success with Alchemy.

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0:00.0	Who you are defines how you build.
0:05.0	This is the Entrepreneural Thought Leaders series.
0:09.0	Brought to you by Stanford E-Corner.
0:13.0	Hello everyone, my name is Emily Ma and I would like to welcome you to the Entrepreneurals
0:19.0	Thought Leaders series presented by STVP,
0:21.3	the Stanford Engineering Entrepreneurship Center and Basis,
0:24.4	the Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students.
0:28.3	Today, I am delighted to welcome Nikiel Viswanistan.
0:32.2	Back to ETL because he used to win this whole thing when he was a student here.
0:37.0	Nikiel is the co-founder and CEO of Alchemy, the world's leading Web 3 developer platform.
0:42.3	Alchemy has hailed as the fastest growing company in history, going from public launch to a 10 billion valuation in 16 months.
0:51.3	With a team of only 37 at the 10 billion mark,
0:56.2	the company also had one of the highest team
0:58.4	to impact ratios in history.
1:01.0	Alchemy powers over 100 billion in transactions globally,
1:05.0	including the majority of the NFT industry,
1:07.4	top web three companies and traditional enterprises.
1:10.4	Alchemy is backed by
1:11.4	Andreessen Horowitz, Co2, Silver Lake, Lightspeed, Stanford University, the Google chairman,
1:16.6	founders in the sex of Charles Schwab, LinkedIn, NYSC, and many more. Nikiel is honored as Forbes
1:22.7	30 under 30, received his BS and MS and computer science at Stanford, and formerly did product management at Google, Microsoft, and Facebook.
1:30.3	A serial entrepreneur, he co-created the number one social app in the world down to lunch, which was featured in international press, such as a New York Times business cover story.
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