Derek Edwards - Investing at the crossroads of culture and consumer technology

In the first episode of Season 5, we are joined by the one and only Derek Edwards. Derek is one of the most kind and thoughtful people we know. He’s a managing partner at Collab Currency which is a crypto-focused venture firm investing at the crossroads of culture and consumer technology. He’s also a co-founder of Glitch Marfa, an analog gallery for digital objects stationed in the heart of Marfa, Texas. 

We dive into Derek’s background before falling into the crypto rabbithole, the investment theses behind Collab Currency, the founding of Glitch Marfa, thoughts on AI, how he met his wife, balancing multiple portfolios between personal, venture, DAO and more. 

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As always, this podcast is for entertainment purposes only, and should not be relied upon for investment decisions. Andy, Deeze, and guests may be invested in companies or tokens talked about on this podcast.

0:00 Intro
3:40 Collab Currency
7:40 How did you get crypto pilled?
9:30 Running a licensed apparel company
14:00 Finding NFTs
16:30 Were you active in the contemporary art space before NFTs?
20:50 What have you thought you were right about, but been wrong about?
27:35 How do you reconcile the difference between crypto games and the game of crypto?
33:30 What verticals is Collab focused on?
40:30 Political memecoins 
1:04:25 Glitch Marfa
1:11:30 What interested you in joining DAOs as Collab?
1:16:10 NFTs aren’t going anywhere (Alien punk sales)
1:20:10 Balancing your own portfolio, fund’s portfolio, DAO’s portfolios and more
1:23:50 Podcasting with Kevin Rose
1:30:45 What do you look for in a team?
1:40:10 AI
1:55:30 What do you like about LA?
2:00:45 Favorite way to spend a lazy Sunday?
2:02:15 How did you and your wife meet?
2:09:35 What would the title of your autobiography be?

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