Startup Project: Build the future

What problems are NFTs solving in games, Liron & Nataraj (twitter.com/natarajsindam) discuss. Liron Shapira is known as the guy who write twitter threads about web3 use cases including Axie Infinity & Helium. But before becoming twitter famous, he is also a founder & angel investor and currently runs a YC backed startup called Relationship Hero. The irony in his angel investments is he made life changing money by investing in Coinbase which was a 500x return on his investment. Full conversation includes: Failure with Quixey (50M+ Series C) Relationship Hero (YC Backed) Seed Investment in $COIN (listen for exit multiple) Investing in Russian Bonds Web3 Use cases (cross border payments, helium, NFTs in gaming, Uber on Web3, Identity) Nataraj is a PM at Azure, investor & host of thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at  twitter.com/natarajsindam. Full conversation Link: https://thestartupproject.io/2022/08/05/24-liron-shapira-web3-critique-founder-early-investor-in-coinbase/

Nataraj & Eric (Hustle Fund) talk about how an Indian company BYJU's despite its flaws is helping democratizing education.  For Full conversation with Eric check out Episode 21 of Startup Project. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ceRBSjtTP8ROl8nR9AoT0?si=bf937a7778d24236

Todays guest is Mohan Belani the co-founder of E27.co. E27 is tech publication covering SEA startups. Full conversation includes: Origins of e27 Startups in SEA (Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia & Vietnam) Businesses model of e27 Events business Angel investing and starting seed stage fund YC effect in SEA startups Starting a Seed Fund & many more ----- Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com), Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc), Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund), and many more. To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam -----

Jeff Bezos defines dreamy businesses to have these characteristics: customers love it it can grow to very large size it has strong returns on capital and it's durable over time Amazon has 3 dreamy businesses prime, marketplace & AWS.  Todd & Nataraj discuss about what is going to be Amazon's next big dreamy business? ----- Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com), Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc), Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund), and many more. To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam

In this week's episode of Startup Project we spoke to Todd Bishop, Co-Founder of Geekwire. He is a longtime business and technology journalist who reports on subjects including AI, cloud, startups, and health technology, plus Amazon and Microsoft, & hosts GeekWire's weekly podcast. Full conversation includes: Geekwire Story Business model of publishing Covering Big Tech  Amazon's next big thing Doom Scrolling & a whole lot more. ----- Past guests of Startup Project podcast include Ali Moiz (stonks.com), Kirby Winfield (Ascend.vc), Eric Bahn (Hustle Fund), and many more. To stay up to date checkout thestartupproject.io & follow us on twitter: @natarajsindam

For Full conversation with Liron check out episode 24 here. Website: thestartupproject.io Spotify Show Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Cx7Q5r9Ow9eikxQjsJjjq?si=7cfcaf39db80490b

Liron Shapira is known as the guy who writes twitter threads criticizing web3 use cases. Other than being a web3 critic, he is also angel investor in Coinbase & Wyre (the irony), founder of a Y Combinator company & raised $50M round led by Alibaba. Full conversation includes: • Failure with Quixey ( 50M+ Series C) • Relationship Hero (YC Backed) • Seed Investment in $COIN (listen for exit multiple) • Investing in Russian Bonds • Web3 Use cases (cross border payments, helium, NFTs in gaming, Uber on Web3, Identity) Nataraj is a PM at Azure, investor & host of thestartupproject.io podcast. Follow him on Twitter at  twitter.com/natarajsindam.

Chris Devore and Nataraj talk about the brand ethos of Patagonia and the story behind the first ecommerce store of Patagonia. For full conversation with Chris, check out https://thestartupproject.io/2022/07/17/23-chris-devore-managing-partner-founders-co-op-remitly-auth0-outreach/ Nataraj is a PM at Azure,  investor  & host of thestartupproject.io  podcast. Follow him on Twitter at  https://twitter.com/natarajsindam.

Chris Devore talks about web3 and if its the next big thing in tech.  For full conversation with Chris, check out https://thestartupproject.io/2022/07/17/23-chris-devore-managing-partner-founders-co-op-remitly-auth0-outreach/ Nataraj is a PM at Azure,  investor  & host of thestartupproject.io  podcast. Follow him on Twitter at  https://twitter.com/natarajsindam.

In this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to Chris DeVore, Founding Managing Partner of Founders’ Co-op, Pacific Northwest's leading seed-stage venture fund. Chris led the seed rounds for Seattle's most recent successful IPO Remitly (NASDAQ:RELY) and $4B+ Outreach, was an early backer of Auth0 (acquired by Okta for $6.5B). Full conversation includes: Starting Patagonia's online store Bringing Risk Capital to Seattle Running TechStars Seattle Starting Founders Co-Op Thesis behind investing in Remitly New new thing & Web3 Investing takeaways from covid shocks Nataraj is a PM at Azure,  partner at NVC  & hosts thestartupproject.io  podcast. Follow him on Twitter at  https://twitter.com/natarajsindam.