Episode Details

Jay chats with Matt Espinoza about his journey from start to finish, selling his crypto startup at the ripe old age of 20.

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Name: Matt Espinoza

Twitter: @MattEspoz - https://twitter.com/mattespoz

Website: https://matthewespinoza.com/

Matt’s Newsletter: http://web3club.vip/

🔗 DISCUSSION LINKS 🔗

Read about Talent Protocols acquisition of Agora Labs: https://medium.com/@mattespoz/agora-labs-is-acquired-by-talent-protocol-ee24610d53b1

DeSo Protocol: https://www.deso.com/

Talent Protocol: https://www.talentprotocol.com/

ZFellows: https://www.zfellows.com/

MicroAcquire: https://microacquire.com/

Matt’s favourite person to follow on twitter: https://twitter.com/agazdecki

⏱ TIME POINTS ⏱

0:01 - Intro

3:30 - Matt’s background

11:40 - Investment vs support with social tokens

15:30 - Early startup days

18:00 - What is Agora Labs

25:10 - How fast did Agora grow

30:50 - The selling process

36:10 - What would you do different?

37:30 - Failures page on Matt’s intro

39:10 - Why was Talent Protocol so high on the list

43:15 - Where does Matt see social tokens going in the future

48:40 - How many people have their own tokens on Talent Protocol?

50:20 - Who does Matt invest in?

50:50 - How to find Matt

52:00 - Speed round