Solo Founders and Building Complementary Teams

Brian Armstrong built Coinbase from when Bitcoin was $6 to a $100 billion public company -  surviving government attacks, multiple 90% market crashes, and 13 years of chaos.

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0:00 Introduction

1:31 Please Subscribe

1:57 You Need Security?

3:45 Who Are You

5:21 More About Being An Introverted Kid

6:33 What Gave Brian The Chip On The Shoulder

11:38 Our Trusted Partners

12:31 How Much Of Your Mission Is Driven By Your Past

15:25 The Baldness Story

17:24 Turning Bald Into A Superpower

21:30 Brian's Thoughts On Solo Founders

25:26 How Did Your Co-Founder Leaving Make You Feel

29:24 Another Tough Moment In The History Of Coinbase 

33:00 Our Valued Sponsors

34:15 How Brian Got Fascinated By Bitcoin & Blockchain

37:02 How Long Did It Take To Go All In

44:16 The Role Of Privacy Creating More Economic Freedom

47:23 Coinbase Explained To Your Mom

52:05 Trying To Help But Running Into Unreasonable People

56:40 Lasting So Long Through Wall After Wall, How?

1:02:06 Big Things That Needed To Change Before Burnout

1:05:53 What Do The Audience Not Know About Being Brian

1:10:10 Gaining Self Irrational Beliefs

1:11:53 Something Brian Can’t Do

1:15:21 How Brian Felt On The IPO Day & The Day After

1:20:27 Do You Look Back At Many Milestones

1:21:56 When Is The Job Done For Brian

1:23:48 Having A Minimalist Lifestyle

1:33:09 The Role Of Centralized Exchanges

1:35:26 Endgame For Coinbase

1:36:00 Are You Happy

1:43:06 The Voice In Your Head Is Saying?

1:45:03 One Lesson To Takeaway

1:46:20 A Belief Brian Has That Most Don’t