The harsh reality of crypto cycles and why most founders fail

But the flip side of that is that, you know, there are famine periods in which it's very difficult to raise money, and users may have, you know, temporarily left the space or things like that.

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But the flip side of that is that, you know, there are famine periods in which it's very difficult to raise money, and users may have, you know, temporarily left the space or things like that. And so, you know, it it takes a lot of discipline and self control to be a founder who can, like, appropriately manage those different cycles. And so what those cycles mean is that I've had to have many difficult conversations about managing burn with companies. And the reality is

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A VC discusses the extreme boom-bust cycles in crypto and how they require exceptional founder discipline to navigate. The speaker explains how these cycles create both explosive growth opportunities and brutal famine periods that force difficult conversations about burn rates and survival.

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Reveals the unique operational challenges of crypto investing and the specific founder traits needed to survive volatile market cycles.

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