Alan Knitowski: Owning Your Digital Identity with Blockchain Tech | SALT Talks #302

10/25/22 • 40 min

Alan S. Knitowski is President, CEO and Co-Founder of Phunware. He is a successful serial entrepreneur with multiple exits over a 15 year period to companies including Cisco Systems. He is a 2014 Finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award for Central Texas and has been a Founder, Executive, Angel Investor and Fund Manager throughout his career in the private sector after serving in the United States Army as an Airborne, Air Assault and Ranger qualified Captain in the Corps of Engineers.

Alan walks through his distinguished career that started in the military before becoming a serial entrepreneur in the private sector. He details the story behind Phunware's founding and their early use of SPACs before taking the company public. Finally, he discusses Phunware's early blockchain and crypto integration, the transformative role the technology plays in reclaiming personal ID digital ownership and what it means for a mobile-first society.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC.

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Watch this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SALTTube/videos

For podcast transcripts and show notes, visit https://www.salt.org/

Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC.

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Tushar Jain is the co-founder and Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital, which is one of the largest and most established crypto-focused investment firms in the world. The firm manages billions in assets across liquid and illiquid strategies in the crypto markets, and is known for its high-conviction, thesis-driven investing.

Tushar discusses his background and journey into the blockchain space, the state of crypto and the recent downturns. Then, he dives into Multicoin’s early investment in Solana, Proof of Physical Work, tokenization and real-world blockchain applications.

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For podcast transcripts and show notes, visit https://www.salt.org/

Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC.

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Dave discusses his journey into the digital asset space, the evolution of Kraken, market cycles, use cases and broader crypto adoption. Then, he dives into regulation, NFTs, the status of a potential Kraken IPO and his five-year outlook.

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Watch this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SALTTube/videos

For podcast transcripts and show notes, visit https://www.salt.org/

Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. Developed, created and produced by SALT Venture Group, LLC.