Brett Gibson of Initialized Capital on how to meaningfully change the financial system

06/17/22 • 31 min

This week we meet Brett Gibson (@brettdg), a Partner at Initialized Capital. Brett is an OG Y Combinator alum, a former founder and software engineer, and now a venture capitalist focused on investing in crypto.

Tune in for Brett’s thoughts on how to meaningfully change the financial system. We cover everything from what YC was like in the early days, to the current state of the crypto markets, to DAOs as a new model of VC and, of course, Brett’s giant cat (which Gary Tan told us to ask him about)!
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