my favourite coinbase story

brian armstrong had a post that went viral on HN 

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3754664

he had gotten into YC as a solo founder but wanted to find a cofounder so he deferred

he built the prototype over a year prior to this

he spent an ENTIRE YEAR looking for the right person

/ceo /sukuri Crypto optimist. gritcult.eth  on x. kernel fellow. Near protocol accelerator. /frame-token /sleep /aesthetic /stoic /business /grit /london

Watcher of the chain. Maxi of Memes. Sometimes marketing. Built 6529Memes.Market.

Hilarious to see the people critiquing his grammar in the comments

In crypto since 2014 👾 DAO Governance at Karpatkey.

Built Web3 startups that grew to reach acquired or Billion-Dollar status.
📩 alicecorsini.substack.com

Yes. They’ve made a lot of good moves in hindsight

Honestly, I love the Coinbase story. Clear mission and values since the very beginning. 12 years in, still standing by them.

Despite the 2012 crypto industry being, well, the 2012 crypto industry, Coinbase went full in on being user-friendly, secure and compliant w/ regulation. Kind of crazy, kind of amazing!

Saying no to people is a super power. I remember a dating study, it ways maybe even talked about at Lex Fridman. At around date 37 you are not going to find better mates anymore on a statistical basis. So you should at least say no to around that time, unless you find the magic.