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10 Feb 2021 Conversations with Tyler Brian Armstrong on the Crypto Economy
“[laughs] Well, in the early days of the company, I think, as a founder, you do a lot of things that don’t scale.”
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- Brian Armstrong
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- evaluation
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- 10 Feb 2021
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Now, you’ve described yourself as an introvert. Which personality traits do you have that make you so good at reaching out to regulators? That seems like a contradiction. Or is it that an introvert is better at doing that somehow? [laughs] Well, in the early days of the company, I think, as a founder, you do a lot of things that don’t scale. I was able to go reach out to some of those. Fred Ehrsam, who co-founded Coinbase with me, did a lot of it, and he’s probably more of an extrovert than I am. But over time, of course, your job is to not do everything yourself but find the people who can go replicate that and do it even better than you can. I’m the master of nothing, but I can dabble in almost any piece to fill in the gaps when the company is being built over time. If you were to explain to our listeners in 10 words or fewer, what is Coinbase, what’s your answer?…
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