dlab Presents: Unblocked: Recent Episodes
Unblocked
Unblocked is bimonthly event series, where guests are asked questions in an AMA format focusing on questions relevant to early stage startups and blockchain technology. Unblocked is sponsored by dlab, a startup accelerator and venture studio that sits within the SOSV family.
https://dlab.vc/
dlab Principal Paul Saint-Donat chats with Balancer Labs COO Kristen Stone about:
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The impact decentralization has on vision
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Senior leaderships role in bootstrapping culture
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Tools & methods employed by Balancer
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and more.
Kristen Stone https://twitter.com/keighstone
Balancer Labs https://balancer.fi/
Paul Saint-Donat https://twitter.com/psaintdonat
dlab https://dlab.vc/
dlab PM Paul Saint-Donat chats with Advanced Blockchain CEO Michael Geike about:
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His personal journey into crypto
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Advanced's Blockchain's evolution over the years
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Past investments, current projects, and more.
Michael Geike https://twitter.com/MichaelGeike
Advanced Blockchain https://twitter.com/BlockchainAG
Paul Saint-Donat https://twitter.com/psaintdonat
dlab https://dlab.vc/
dlab PM Paul Saint-Donat chats with Enzyme Cofounder and Avantgarde CEO Mona El Isa about:
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How Mona's experience with her own fund inspired her to create Enzyme
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How Enzyme works under the hood
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Exciting use cases
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and more.
Mona El Isa https://twitter.com/Mona_El_Isa
Enzyme Finance https://enzyme.finance/
Avantgarde Finance https://avantgarde.finance/
Paul Saint-Donat https://twitter.com/psaintdonat
dlab https://dlab.vc/
dlab PM Paul Saint-Donat chats with NEAR Protocol's Alex Shevchenko, about:
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How the Rainbow Bridge works (a trustless, permissionless, and generic protocol for connecting blockchains)
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Their ETH L2 Solution Aurora
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Challenges facing L2s
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and more.
Alex Shevchenko https://twitter.com/AlexAuroraDev
Aurora https://aurora.dev/
NEAR Protocol https://near.org/
Paul Saint-Donat https://twitter.com/psaintdonat
dlab https://dlab.vc/
dlab PM Paul Saint-Donat chats with Clayton Roche, Head of Community Development at UMA, about:
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How UMA Works
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What Makes KPIs a great incentive tool
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How UMA is using them
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UMA's RFP and grant programs
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and more.
Clayton Roche https://twitter.com/TokenArchitect
UMA https://umaproject.org/
Paul Saint-Donat https://twitter.com/psaintdonat
dlab https://dlab.vc/
dlab PM Paul Saint-Donat chats with Muneeb Ali, Co-Founder of Blockstack and CEO of Hiro, about:
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The origin story of Stacks
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The advantages of a smart contract platform built on Bitcoin
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The importance of having a formally verified programming language
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The differences between IPFS, Filecoin, and Gaia
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And more.
Muneeb Ali https://twitter.com/muneeb
Stacks https://www.stacks.co/
Paul Saint-Donat https://twitter.com/psaintdonat
dlab https://dlab.vc/
dlab PM Paul Saint-Donat chats with Macro Investor and Founder of 10T Holdings, Dan Tapiero on:
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Dan's History on Wall Street
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Whether bitcoin eats the use case for gold
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The tailwinds behind crypto
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The similarities between the internet's effect on the TMT space vs crypto on financials
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Investing in mid/late stage crypto companies
Dan Tapiero https://twitter.com/DTAPCAP
Paul Saint-Donat https://twitter.com/psaintdonat
dlab https://twitter.com/dlabvc
dlab PM Paul Saint-Donat chats with ZenLedger COO Dan Hannum on the origin story of ZenLedger, crypto tax best practices, new initiatives of the IRS, wash sales, and more.
dlab Program Manager Paul Saint-Donat chats with Rafael Cosman, cofounder and CEO of TrustToken about its recent push into uncollaterized lending, credit scoring, listening to your customers, and more.
dlab Program Manager Paul Saint-Donat chats with Robert Kornacki, Head of Research at EMURGO and Ergo Foundation Board Member, about the PoW blockchain Ergo, NIPoPoWs, the Ergo summit, and more.
dlab Program Manager Paul Saint-Donat chats with Jalak Jobanputra, Founding Partner of Future\Perfect Ventures, about investing in blockchain technology, lessons learned, new and exciting use cases, and more.
dlab Program Manager Paul Saint-Donat chats with Meltem Demirors, Chief of Strategy at CoinShares, about current and future trends in Bitcoin, creating new paradigms, and more.
dlab Program Manager Paul Saint-Donat chats with Phillip Liu, Head of Strategy at AVA Labs, on to chat about Avalanche, what it takes to build a protocol company, DeFi, and more.
dlab Program Manager Paul Saint-Donat chats with Trevor Koverko, Founder and CEO of Polymath, about Polymath's journey, the current and future state of security tokens, his founder journey, and more.
dlab Program Manager Paul Saint-Donat chats with Nathan Anderson, Cofounder and CEO of ScanTrust, about ScanTrust's journey, applying blockchain technology to supply chains, what its like to bootstrap an early stage startup and more.
dlab Program Manager Paul Saint-Donat chats with Michael Gasiorek, founder of Truth Cartel, on marketing for crypto companies, growth hacking tips, his experiences working with early stage startups, and more.
dlab Program Manager Paul Saint-Donat chats with Christina Lomazzo & Cecilia Chapiro about UNICEF's blockchain initiatives, how blockchain can have a positive impact on the developing world, and more.
dlab Program Manager chats with Lewis Cohen, Principal at dlxLaw, about DAOs, the changing regulatory landscape, governance tokens, and more.
dlab Program Manager Paul Saint-Donat chats with Jack Tatar and Ron Kochman, Managing Partners of Doyle Capital, on how they invest in the space, what needs to happen for mainstream adoption, and more.
dlab Program Manager Paul Saint-Donat chats with Nelson Chu, CEO of Cadence (https://withcadence.io/), on building both sides of a market, growing your network, the challenges early stage founders face, and more.
dlab Program Manager Paul Saint-Donat chats with Camila Russo, founder of The Defiant (https://thedefiant.substack.com/) and well known cryptocurrency journalist on the current state of DeFi, interesting projects in the space, and more.