ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Brian is the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, a company thats reached highs of a valuation of $100 billion. After an adolescence and youth searching for independence where no one could be his boss, he’s come a long way, but he’s realised he’s had to change a lot too.
Before anyone had heard of Bitcoin, there was Coinbase. Taking a punt on an industry no one knew and no one understood, Brian quit his lucrative career to be his own man. No one encouraged him. No one. He’d told the idea to hundreds of people before someone told him it could work.
In this conversation, Brian brought a wisdom and a nuance about how to run and build a business like very few conversations we’ve had on this podcast. If you want to know how the best in the world take an idea from drawboard to $100 billion, this is the story of how it happened.
Topics:
What made you the person you are today
Lessons learnt from my first business
How traveling shaped me
Working for AirB&B and what made it successful
The mistake a lot of entrepreneurs make
How to build a sustainable company
How to incentive your team to take risks
My journey starting Coinbase
Mistakes & key learnings when starting up
Leadership lessons
Fake news and dealing with it
No politics in the workplace
Hiring the best people & layoffs
What are the ingredients in your happiness recipe
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