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Coinbase: Brian Armstrong

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Somebody has to be a little crazy to join something so early stage where it's like, okay, it's two people. With a laptop in a dream. And It was incredibly difficult to hire the first people. In the early days.

I was just relentless. Like I if I went to a networking event in Silicon Valley, I'd walk up to every single person, Are you interested in crypto? I'm doing this company, it's early stage. We just I if you have any interest in joining, I'd love to catch up. Can I get your email? You know, no, no, no, no. I'd get one One yes after ten. I'd go do Thirty more. From N PR?

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