sracha
@sracha • 5,136 subscribers
documenting unheard stories on how to live a weird life https://t.co/ygY8r8oSnU | prev @ucla
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Interview with on @countersignalpd ep 6! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:50 Getting His First Computer in Turkey 02:20 Canada & Dreams of Pro MMA Fighter 05:06 Skyrim Changed His Life 😭 07:14 Grinding Engineering in Highschool & Queens University 12:50 Discovering Crypto & Leaving Coinbase to Start Helius 18:26 Turning Friends into Co-Founders 22:00 Building For Intrinsic Joy & Ego 26:38 “It is now your life mission to make sure these people have nightmares about us.” 34:41 Is Life Hard or is it a skill issue 37:00 What Mert Is Striving Towards 40:10 “I Don’t Believe in Happiness” 45:17 Crashout Session 51:31 Advice for Broke Students 53:16 Why does ever mf have a podcast
sracha73,760 views • 9 months ago
I crashout to meow from Jupiter and he roasts me. @countersignalpd episode 8 is crazy. Timestamps: 0:00 Welcome to the Schizo Podcast 0:42 What makes you think you’re doing something with your life? 3:45 What makes you think you’re not fake? 4:44 Society makes you feel like you’re not doing anything 6:19 Being at the bottom of the valley and climbing to the top of the mountain 10:52 Tech Roast Show 17:04 Your feelings are valid and invalid (& getting gaslighted by Meow) 19:29 Solve the fucking problem 23:40 Everything you're going through is the price you pay for what you do 26:01 Jupiter Exchange never followed the traditional path 35:14 How can you still have fun when you're paying the price 37:42 The higher level you go the higher pain you feel 39:51 How do you know what you want 41:38 No one knows what they’re doing 48:12 Meditating 49:03 Just remember you are a piece of shit
sracha43,063 views • 8 months ago
The Crazy Life Story of Gajesh — just read the timestamps: 00:00 - Turning 18 02:31 - Spending Ages 7–12 Coding Every Day 08:31 - Mahabharata, RadhaKrishna & Realizing There’s More Than Money (Moha) 12:35 - Growing Youtube Channel to 1M Views & 15k Subs in 3 Months 14:10 - Detach From Money & Status 15:27 - How Gajesh Got Into Crypto at 12 18:31 - Building a DeFi App With $7M TVL at 13 20:17 - Why He Didn’t Get Corrupted by Money 22:42 - How Gajesh Moved to the Bahamas with FTX at 14 (pt 1) 25:44 - “Dropping Out” in Middle School 26:52 - Becoming a Micro-Celebrity in India 28:11 - Handling Hate, Trolls & Jealousy as a 13-Year-Old 33:36 - How Gajesh Moved to the Bahamas with FTX at 14 (pt 2) 37:13 - Daily Life in the FTX Penthouse (Wake, Code, 2 A.M. Sleep) 38:09 - FTX’s Wild Portfolio: 7% of Robinhood, 10% of Anthropic 40:36 - Why Gajesh Stayed in Crypto After FTX & Chose EigenCloud 42:54 - Building Humanity’s Coordination Engine & Trust Marketplace 51:02 - Leaving ~$5M of Equity, Not in Crypto Just for Money 54:02 - Does Gajesh Regret Not Doing AI Early? 54:56 - Bearish on College Dropouts?? 01:00:52 - Epistemic Humility 01:16:02 - You Get Creativity Is Through Freedom, Reflections on India 01:18:03 - What Life Success Means, Who Inspires Gajesh, Life Paths to Emulate
sracha39,361 views • 7 months ago
HINGE AND GOONING GROWS YOUR STARTUP @countersignalpd episode 2 with eunice and Cayden Ginting watch on 1.5x speed for best experience — enjoy! :3 Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:00 Tattoos 3:37 Modeling 6:10 Viral Marketing for a startup 7:16 Cayden & Tally Gooning Origin Story 10:30 Getting crypto hacked / Algorithm Differences 15:17 Eunice Hinge Origin Story 18:07 Meaningful media vs doing what works 24:42 Linkedin Marketing 25:47 Getting over hate 27:52 Distribution 33:22 Gap Year Feels
sracha49,286 views • 10 months ago
How he built a $12 billion gaming company at 19 One of the coolest life stories ever shared with justin waldron on building Zynga for @countersignalpd episode 7! Timestamps: 0:00 – Intro 0:35 – Building games on MySpace, AOL Instant Messenger 5:37 – Dropping out at 19 to Co-found Zynga, Realizing Facebook would be HUGE 11:03 – Shipping Farmville, Inventing New Social Games 12:28 – Printing 9 figs off games 14:49 – BEING DELUSIONAL on early trends you spot 18:16 – Standoffs with Facebook, Pulling in the elders of Silicon Valley 23:59 – Seeing a Billion-User Opportunity Early 27:02 – Early Bitcoiners were Gamers 29:38 – Value in Crypto 34:23 – What is real, what's a grift 36:33 – Psychoanalyzing Justin, Can you do nothing and be happy? 40:37 – Why are you not corrupted, the real reason why money is important 43:40 – Growth Hacking, Social Engineering, Virality 47:49 – High Leverage things college students should do 50:54 – Why Justin is based in Japan (beating the allegations :)
sracha41,790 views • 8 months ago
My first @countersignalpd episode with !! We had a very... interesting conversation. Links to other platforms below! Timestamps: 0:00 DSM-5 2:30 Crypto People are Built Different 4:50 Sperm Racing Origin 9:57 Craziest Stories 14:42 Virality Thesis 16:57 Weird Tech People 18:21 Did I fuck up my life? 20:36 Growing up in Indiana & Starting Aviato in Bathroom 24:11 Talent Thesis 25:18 Life Philosophies 29:29 Applying to College? 30:52 Asian Parents 34:52 DSM-5 Pt 2
sracha47,885 views • 11 months ago
The alpha is not on Twitter, and most things in crypto will go to zero. Also, AI is gonna cook us. @countersignalpd episode 3 with my friend Addison, an acquired crypto founder & MIT student Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:38 Addison Origin Story 2:45 Founding Thunderhead at 16 13:45 Early to Hyperliquid in 2023 15:32 Why do high caliber people go to crypto... 17:01 Valantis Labs Acquisition of Thunderhead 22:08 Value creation in speculation as the world becomes more hopeless 26:29 How to not get cooked in the future 27:28 The alpha is NOT on Twitter, it's in... 30:23 Build generational wealth in the next 5-10 years or get cooked by AI 32:58 Media will become increasingly important 34:35 AI bubble vs crypto bubble 37:09 What isn't going to go to 0 in crypto? 45:45 Value creation outside of tech 48:28 Why not dropout of college?
sracha24,806 views • 10 months ago
We practiced our Spanish on the streets of SF. Conclusion: CLOBS on BLOBS are going mainstream
sracha26,316 views • 1 year ago
Being a founder is an emotional battle everyday—how do you get through the highs and lows? Thank you to my friend jia for having such a vulnerable conversation with me for @countersignalpd episode 5 Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:34 Wanting more while at MSU 2:50 Hackathons as a pipeline 6:38 Blowing Up on Social media, Life feels surreal 9:17 How to filter through sycophants 10:56 Leaving College, Imposter Syndrome 13:17 Understanding High Leverage and Calculated Risks 17:03 Breakups and the 3 Month Rut 18:48 How to defeat depression, pain, and hate 23:27 What is @usesorcerer ? 25:43 Pros and Cons of being an Authentic Creator 31:18 Life Fulfillment, Living Your Dreams 33:35 Highs and Lows of an Unconventional Life 34:37 Big Tech or Startups? 36:01 Making the most of your 20s
sracha13,000 views • 10 months ago
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