Blank Slate
As a CEO, I have some weaknesses and some strengths. I'm not great at execution and doing operational work. When Chorus One was a smaller company, there was often nobody else to do that kind of work. As a result, I was, in my assessment, a bad CEO
As if
Yesterday, I wrote [https://bfc.do/mirror/]: > I care a lot about how I am perceived by others. I pretend to myself that I don't care much. And I want others to think that I don't care much. I have been thinking more about this.
Mirror
I care a lot about how I am perceived by others. I pretend to myself that I don't care much. And I want others to think that I don't care much.
Focus and Persistence
For us at Chorus One, the biggest challenge in building the company has been to focus. Most of the time, we have been doing many things. Exploring ideas. Launching new initiatives. There are many reasons for this: * We hire many smart people. They are creative and ambitious and want to
Reading Books Sequentially
Naval Ravikant is well known for his often insightful and unorthodox advice. One such recommendation is about how to read. He says that you shouldn't read books to completion, but just pick up whatever interests you and be fine with reading many books at the same time. You
Urbit for Interplanetary Computing
I recently did an Epicenter episode with Chun Wang [https://epicenter.tv/episodes/443], the founder of one of the leading staking provider Stakefish and a major mining pool F2Pool. One of Chun's interest is humans becoming multi-planetary and that is also a topic that I'm
The Man Who Solved the Market
I just finished reading The Man Who Solved the Market [https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Solved-Market-Revolution/dp/073521798X], a book by Gregory Zuckerman about Jim Simon and his company Renaissance Technologies. Renaissance is the most successful hedge fund in history generating average annual returns of 66% in the roughly thirty years
Checking In
This has been an intense start of the year. At Chorus One, we've been growing fast and going through a lot of change. And as a result, I've been doing too many calls. For me, doing too many calls is not great. A lot of other
Put Yourself First
You cannot expect anyone else to do this for you. You need to sleep and eat. You need some kind of exercise and take care of your health. You need time with friends and family. Maybe you need time in nature. Or to travel. Or to play with your kids.
What I Look For When Interviewing
I was asked by two people that I was interviewing recently what I look for in people. Here is the answer I gave: 1. Curiosity for crypto. I'd like anyone we hire to have a genuine curiosity for crypto. They don't need to be an expert.