Startup Project

Author: Nataraj Sindam

  • NFTs in Games? (Bonus Clip)

    Liron & Nataraj discuss about what problems is NFTs fixing?

    Transcript:

    Nataraj: What about NFT first games? ,

    Liron: So the, I guess the game pitch is, you know, you worked hard to earn this NFT item through your skill in this game, and now you’re gonna go play another game. Right. So don’t, you wish that you could still have like a comparable thing in that other game, right?

    So that’s supposed to be the pitch.

    Nataraj: Yeah. I mean, gameplay should be the pitch, right? Like that that’s I, I guess you’ve made this point with he as well. I think in one of your tweets, you are a, you have your product, right? Like why your product is good, but most of the websites advertise why the token is good.

    Liron: If the problem is I’m gonna play two different games by two different developers. And I, I worked hard to level up my character and invest in one game.

    Liron: Well, maybe it’s fine that I start from scratch in the next game. Right? Like how has it suddenly, like crypto has made us like such geniuses that we think it makes sense to like, not start from scratch in, in new games.

    Liron Shapira is known as the guy who write twitter threads about web3 use cases including Axie Infinity & Helium.

    But before becoming twitter famous, he is also a founder & angel investor and currently runs a YC backed startup called Relationship Hero.

    The irony in his angel investments is he made life changing money by investing in Coinbase which was a 500x return on his investment.

    Full conversation includes:

    • Failure with Quixey (50M+ Series C)
    • Relationship Hero (YC Backed)
    • Seed Investment in $COIN (listen for exit multiple)
    • Investing in Russian Bonds
    • Web3 Use cases (cross border payments, helium, NFTs in gaming, Uber on Web3, Identity)

    Nataraj is a PM at Azure, investor & host of thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at  twitter.com/natarajsindam.

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  • Is BYJU’s Democratizing Education?(Bonus Clip)

    Nataraj & Eric (Hustle Fund) talk about how an Indian company BYJU’s despite its flaws is helping democratizing education. 

    Full conversation includes:

    • Beat the GMAT (Eric’s Startup)
    • Defining hustle
    • Raising fund 1
    • First 10 investments
    • Building the brand

    For Full conversation with Eric check out Episode 21 of Startup Project.

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    Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com), Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc), Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund), and many more.

    To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam

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    If you like this episode, you might also enjoy the conversation with web3 critique Liron.

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  • #26 Mohan Belani: Co-Founder of E27.co

    Todays guest is Mohan Belani the co-founder of E27.co. E27 is tech publication covering SEA startups.

    I have discovered E27 as I was looking for finding the tech publications covering startup ecosystems that I was interested in following. E27 is like TechCrunch but for Southeast Asia.

    Check out my full conversation with Mohan where we talk about:

    • Origins of E27.co
    • Startups in SEA (Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia & Vietnam)
    • Businesses model of e27
    • Two sides of running a media business
    • Events business
    • Angel investing and starting seed stage fund
    • YC effect in SEA startups
    • Starting a Seed Fund

    & many more

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    Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com), Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc), Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund), and many more.

    To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam

    If you like this episode, you might also enjoy the conversation with web3 critique Liron.

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  • What is Amazon’s Fourth Dreamy Business?

    Jeff Bezos defines dreamy businesses to have these characteristics:

    • customers love it
    • it can grow to very large size
    • it has strong returns on capital
    • and it’s durable over time

    Amazon has 3 dreamy businesses prime, marketplace & AWS. 

    Todd & Nataraj discuss about what is going to be Amazon’s next big dreamy business? Listen to below conversation to find out.

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    Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com), Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc), Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund), and many more.

    To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam

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    If you like this episode, you might also enjoy the conversation with web3 critique Liron, long time business journalist Todd Bishop or Angel Investor Sajid Rahman.

  • #25 Todd Bishop: Co-Founder of Geekwire.com

    In this week’s episode of Startup Project we spoke to Todd Bishop, Co-Founder of Geekwire. He is a longtime business and technology journalist who reports on subjects including AI, cloud, startups, and health technology, plus Amazon and Microsoft, & hosts GeekWire’s weekly podcast.

    Full conversation includes:

    • Geekwire Story
    • Business model of publishing
    • Covering Big Tech 
    • Amazon’s next big thing
    • Doom Scrolling

    & a whole lot more.

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    Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com), Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc), Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund), and many more.

    To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam

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    If you like this episode, you might also enjoy the conversation with web3 critique Liron.
    For interesting outsiders take on business, tech and venture capital subscribe to Outsiders Newsletter. Here is an example post from Outsiders newsletter. Check out how this Patreon makes $220K per month!

  • 500x Return from Coinbase Angel Investment

    Liron Shapira is known as the guy who writes twitter threads about web3 use cases including Axie Infinity & Helium.

    But before becoming twitter famous, he is also a founder & angel investor and currently runs a YC backed startup called Relationship Hero.

    The irony in his angel investments is he made life changing money by investing in Coinbase which was a 500x return on his investment.

    Here is a clip of him talking about his Coinbase investment. Listen to get the full details of his investment including original investment and over all returns.

    In the full conversation Liron & Nataraj talked about:

    • Failure with Quixey (50M+ Series C)
    • Relationship Hero (YC Backed)
    • Seed Investment in $COIN (listen for exit multiple)
    • Investing in Russian Bonds
    • Web3 Use cases (cross border payments, helium, NFTs in gaming, Uber on Web3, Identity)

    For Full conversation with Liron check out Episode 24 of Startup Project.

    For interesting outsiders take on business, tech and venture capital subscribe to Outsiders Newsletter. Here is an example post from Outsiders newsletter. Check out how this Patreon makes $220K per month!

  • #24 Liron Shapira: Web3 Critique & Coinbase Investor

    Liron Shapira is known as the guy who write twitter threads about web3 use cases including Axie Infinity & Helium.

    But before becoming twitter famous, he studied computer science at University of California, Berkley. He is also a founder, entrepreneur & angel investor and currently runs a YC backed startup called Relationship Hero. Relationship Hero is a platform to find coaches who provide expert services on relationships.

    The irony in his angel investments is he made life changing money by investing in Coinbase which was a 500x return on his investment.

    Full conversation includes:

    • Failure with Quixey (50M+ Series C)
    • Relationship Hero (YC Backed)
    • Seed Investment in $COIN (listen for exit multiple)
    • Investing in Russian Bonds
    • Web3 Use cases (cross border payments, helium, NFTs in gaming, Uber on Web3, Identity)

    Nataraj is a PM at Azure, investor & host of thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at  twitter.com/natarajsindam.

     Check out how this Patreon makes $220K per month!
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  • Story of Patagonia’s First Ecommerce Store (Clip)

    Chris Devore and Nataraj talk about the brand ethos of Patagonia and the story behind the first ecommerce store of Patagonia. We have all heard of the famous Patagonia vest in the VC culture but the brand ethos of Patagonia is much more interesting.

    Chris is the Founding Managing Partner of Founders’ Co-op , Pacific Northwest’s leading seed-stage venture fund. Chris led the seed rounds for Seattle’s most recent successful IPO Remitly (NASDAQ:RELY) and $4B+ Outreach , was an early backer of Auth0 (acquired by Okta for $6.5B).

    For full conversation with Chris, check out episode 23.

    Chris talked about:

    • Starting Patagonia’s online store
    • Bringing Risk Capital to Seattle
    • Running TechStars Seattle
    • Starting Founders Co-Op
    • Thesis behind investing in Remitly
    • New new thing & Web3
    • Investing takeaways from covid shocks

    Nataraj is a PM at Azure, investor & host of thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at  twitter.com/natarajsindam.

    For interesting outsiders take on business, tech and venture capital subscribe to Outsiders Newsletter. Here is an example post from Outsiders newsletter. Check out how this Patreon makes $220K per month!

  • Is Web3 Technology or Political Ideology?

    Web3 is interesting not because its just a new technology term, but it also defines a certain political belief underlying how society should be organized. A lot of crypto criticism also stems from the argument that blockchain as a technology is being force fitted into use cases that don’t require blockchain and its need for block chain is more about political ideology rather than technological requirements.

    In this conversation Chris & Nataraj explore if Web3 is about technology or political ideology?

    Chris is Managing Partner at Founders’ Co-op , Pacific Northwest’s leading seed-stage venture fund. He led the seed rounds for Seattle’s most recent successful IPO Remitly (NASDAQ:RELY) and $4B+ Outreach , was an early backer of Auth0 (acquired by Okta for $6.5B).

    Check out the full conversation here, which includes:

    • Starting Patagonia’s online store
    • Bringing Risk Capital to Seattle
    • Running TechStars Seattle
    • Starting Founders Co-Op
    • Thesis behind investing in Remitly
    • New new thing & Web3
    • Investing takeaways from covid shocks

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    Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com), Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc), Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund), and many more.

    To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam

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    If you like this episode, you might also enjoy the conversation with web3 critique Liron.
    For interesting outsiders take on business, tech and venture capital subscribe to Outsiders Newsletter. Here is an example post from Outsiders newsletter. Check out how this Patreon makes $220K per month!

  • #23 Chris DeVore: Managing Partner Founders Co-op (Remitly, Auth0 & Outreach)

    In this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to Chris DeVore, Founding Managing Partner of Founders’ Co-op , Pacific Northwest’s leading seed-stage venture fund. Chris led the seed rounds for Seattle’s most recent successful IPO Remitly (NASDAQ:RELY) and $4B+ Outreach , was an early backer of Auth0 (acquired by Okta for $6.5B).

    Full conversation includes:

    • Starting Patagonia’s online store
    • Bringing Risk Capital to Seattle
    • Running TechStars Seattle
    • Starting Founders Co-Op
    • Thesis behind investing in Remitly
    • New new thing & Web3
    • Investing takeaways from covid shocks

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    Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com), Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc), Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund), and many more.

    To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam

    —–

    If you like this episode, you might also enjoy the conversation with web3 critique Liron.
    For interesting outsiders take on business, tech and venture capital subscribe to Outsiders Newsletter. Here is an example post from Outsiders newsletter. Check out how this Patreon makes $220K per month!