{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Cache Flow","title":"E51: From No Code to No Limits with Nik Shevchenko","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2996,"description":"Dive into Nik's astonishing tech voyage from crypto mining teen prodigy in Russia to selling his No Code marketplace for millions. Now a Thiel Fellow with his sights set on the Metaverse, Nik shares invaluable startup wisdom and teases his latest ventures. Tune in for a blend of raw entrepreneurial spirit, hard-hitting advice, and a peek into the future of AI and smart glasses.\n\nHere are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Cache Flow Podcast.\nNik's early crypto-mining hustle.\nBuilding and selling a No Code platform.\nLessons from raising $3M in venture capital.\nThe importance of co-founders.\nNik's intriguing new AR/VR venture.\n\nResources:\nStealth\nCurotec \nHiring Platform from Referrals\nSmart Glass\n\nConnect with Nik Shevchenko:\nLinkedIn\nEmail\n\nConnect with our host, Brian Dainis:\nLinktree\n\nQuotables:\n41:02 - I have a theory on this, you know, there's all these like schools of thought that say, you know, launch early, launch often, you know, speed to market. Which all that stuff is true. Like you have to be fast, you can't be slow. If you're slow then you're never gonna go anywhere. So you still have to be action-oriented. But I think a lot of these like, these theories of like you should be embarrassed of your first MVP.\n13:10 -  I was still in Russia and then I joined 500 Startups and in 500 I basically started my second company, which is a talent marketplace with Love No Code, And I've been working on that for three years. I've been building the team from Russia and then I left Russia even before the war, and I was just started to travel. I traveled to like at least 30 different countries.\n16:57 - I worked on this for like three years and my investors were like, Nik, you know, okay, you're doing this thing and you know, we kind of like hit, hit the ceiling basically. It stopped, it stopped growing really aggressively. So, and like I just kept talking to like a lot ad lot of other people and they were all basically the same. Like, Nik, you know,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ZY_gYzukdlRdDz8o7iZM6iCr5BZI_LzCNWv0cx0TtE8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM0MTYyLzE2OTc4/MTEzMTAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}