POD OF JAKE #234 - @sebaudet26
Apr 29, 2025
Seb Audet, co-founder of Zapper.fi and hypertext artist, discusses his fascinating journey from delivering stadium refreshments to innovating in decentralized finance. He reflects on the balance between artistic creativity and business strategy, particularly through NFTs. Seb shares insights on designing user-friendly blockchain wallets and challenges in engaging users while maintaining long-term vision. He also explores integrating mini apps in wallets and the personal growth from his startup experiences, including the importance of validating ideas before diving into product development.
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Early Founder Failure And Learning
- Seb Audet dropped out of college to build a startup and learned to code while working from his parents' basement.
- He launched a product without validating users and found nobody wanted it, which became a pivotal learning moment.
Stadium Delivery Startup Test
- Seb launched a stadium food-delivery chatbot and operated it personally to validate the idea in Portland for three months.
- The product taught him about market constraints and the difficulty of scaling into entrenched institutional buyers like stadiums.
Problem Scales With DeFi Composability
- As DeFi grew, the problem of users not being able to see all their on-chain assets became exponentially worse.
- That compounding visibility problem created strong organic demand for Zapper's portfolio-tracking solution.