James Ferguson is the CEO and co-founder of Immutable, a platform that provides scalable blockchain infrastructure for video games. James is a driven founder with a growth mindset that has led Immutable to build a staff of 100 and raise $20m. James and his brother/co-founder, Robbie Ferguson, have been featured on the ‘Forbes 30 under 30’ list for their impressive work in growing and scaling Immutable.

Ian sits down with James to discuss…

His journey to founding Immutable
The process of recruiting a successful team
Building a team culture centred around a growth mindset
The gaming industry as a whole
Immutable operating in a carbon-neutral way
The history and future of NFTs

...and more!

Quickfire Recommendations

Book: The Three Body Problem trilogy by Liu Cixin
Podcast: The Tim Ferriss Show
News Source: Stratechery by Ben Thompson, Matt Levine newsletter in Bloomberg
Tech CEO: Patrick Collison (Stripe) & Sam Bankman-Fried (FTX Exchange)
App: Deliveroo
Productivity Tool: Polymail (a tool to tackle email)
TV Show: Drive to Survive
Ted Talk Topic: “what it means for the world in 10 years if we have programmable immutable digital assets”

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