Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world.

Today's guest is Jason Yanowitz. The founder and CEO of Blockworks. It’s a financial media company that has grown rapidly since its inception in 2018. They have over 50 employees and run an editorial site, a newsletter, and multiple podcasts - which now have the biggest podcast network in the cryptocurrency space. He also hosts massive live events such as Permissionless which had over 7,000 attendees.

Jason is a massive expert in the Blockchain space so I’m really excited to share this podcast with you and to share his thoughts on the future of crypto-currency and how he built his business and the risks he took. 

Blockworks website: https://blockworks.co/
Jason’s LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanowitzjason/
Jason’s Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/JasonYanowitz

Keynotes:

Introduction (0:00)
The entrepreneurial journey (1:41)
Creating something out of nothing (3:59)
Failure is not an option (6:49)
Ride the industry down with it or be successful (8:54)
The “us versus them” mentality (12:32)
Problems and opportunities (16:25)
The gateway to the more complicated side (19:37)
All about Permisionless (23:24)
People don’t follow companies, they follow people (26:23)
The next growing stage and changing something (28:28)
Social media following (31:26)
The team (37:43)
Being more candid with feedback (44:14)
Improvements (46:47)