Met Tommy while he was Berkeley Blockchain's President. Had so much fun hearing his wildest memecoin stories :)
Timestamps:
00:42 The WNBA Dildo Kid
02:14 Tommy’s Trading Journey
05:43 Most Painful Trading Loss
10:10 Life as a Crypto VC
15:41 Future Predictions in Crypto
18:24 Why Kalshi’s Marketing is Genius
21:35 Berkeley to New York Post-Grad Life
29:09 The Evolution of Podcasting
33:08 Curating Your Personal Brand
Follow Tommy: https://x.com/thatdegenvc
Follow Countersignal Podcast: https://link.me/sracha
Thank you to my partners:
Succinct: Pioneering zero-knowledge proofs to revolutionize blockchain scalability (https://www.succinct.xyz/)
Kalshi: The go-to platform for trading real-world events with real money (https://kalshi.com/)
Met Tommy while he was Berkeley Blockchain's President. Had so much fun hearing his wildest memecoin stories :)
Timestamps:
00:42 The WNBA Dildo Kid
02:14 Tommy’s Trading Journey
05:43 Most Painful Trading Loss
10:10 Life as a Crypto VC
15:41 Future Predictions in Crypto
18:24 Why Kalshi’s Marketing is Genius
21:35 Berkeley to New York Post-Grad Life
29:09 The Evolution of Podcasting
33:08 Curating Your Personal Brand
Follow Tommy: https://x.com/thatdegenvc
Follow Countersignal Podcast: https://link.me/sracha
Thank you to my partners:
Succinct: Pioneering zero-knowledge proofs to revolutionize blockchain scalability (https://www.succinct.xyz/)
Kalshi: The go-to platform for trading real-world events with real money (https://kalshi.com/)
Thank you to my wonderful amazing talented friend Ivy for coming on the show :) Such an amazing conversation.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:36 Ivy Origin
3:19 Falling for the prestige race
7:55 Wharton Gap Year & High Agency
14:36 Carving out a life path that doesn’t exist
15:44 How to have full delusion in yourself
19:43 How to create wealth outside of tech / finance
22:04 Naval was right
23:03 How do you know what you’re meant to do?
27:05 Media = publicly failing over and over until you make it
31:53 How to get back delusion if its shattered
38:07 What works and what doesn’t on social media
47:06 Saying NO to “golden opportunities”
49:01 The universe tests you to see what you will accept
51:08 Blowing up on social media with the Medusa Painting
54:36 Getting everything she wanted naturally through what she loved
55:50 Ivy’s thesis on love
Ivy’s Socials: https://www.instagram.com/ivydngg/My Socials: https://x.com/srachasaucee