{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Forward Thinking Founders","title":"040 - Elena Nadolinski (Beanstalk) on Blockchain ","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2162,"description":"This was a great conversation with Elena Nadolinski, who is the CEO and founder of Beanstalk. She is a whiz and super insightful person when it comes to blockchain, crypto, and all the way to remote work. She is also a Pioneer, like many of my other guests.\n———\nQuick note - You’ll hear a sound in the background for the first third of the video. This will go away in the middle of the recording.\n—————\nIn this conversation I ask her some of the following questions:\nCan you dive into your background?\nWhat is Beanstalk?\nWhat is the difference between Ethereum and Bitcoin?\nWhat are some practical use cases of blockchain and cryptocurrency?\nWhy does privacy matter in cryptocurrency?\nHow are you making your own blockchain?\nWhen’s the killer app coming? Why hasn’t it come yet?\nWhat is Libra and will Libra matter in a century?\nIs it too early to build on blockchain technology or is it perfect timing\nWhat do you think about when you’re not thinking about Beanstalk?\nWhat is the remote ecosystem missing to help it breakthrough?\nIf you had $100,000,000 to invest, what areas would you invest in first?\nWill investors be more remote-friendly in the future?\nWhat advice do you have for early professionals who want to have a great career?\nWhat tips do you have for someone who wants to start a company but doesn’t know the best step?\nThanks again for tuning in. You can catch Elena on Twitter here. You can find Beanstalk right here. Thank all for tuning in and I’ll see you tomorrow :) And if you haven’t subscribed yet, you know what to to do. 👇 \nWhat is Forward Thinking Founder?\nWelcome to Forward Thinking Founder (f20r)! f20r is a podcast and publication where I interview high potential startup founders, usually before they hit their Series A. Past guests include Austen Allred, Daniel Gross, Leah Culver, Laura Behrens Wu, and many more.\nConsider it the opposite of “How I Built This”. Instead of interviewing someone after they are successful, we interview early founders with a little...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/n90skvHZnWkXuUwHIWy-5PiFO75GvJFgDeTivSWX__E/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzU3MzYvMTY2MjY3/NzQ4Mi1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}