237: All Around the World | Lou Kerner | Crypto Oracle Collective

Lou Kerner is the founder of the Crypto Oracle Collective, a decentralized web3 advisory firm, and also the DAO for Crypto Mondays, which is the largest crypto meetup in the world with active chapters in 54 cities.

Show Notes
Guest Profile

In this episode, Lou and I dive into his early career in traditional finance and community building and uncover what it was that he saw with his big crypto revelation in 2017, how he ported over his community-building experiences into crypto and blockchain, and the one thing on which he would like to see web3 founders focus.

In addition to Lou’s roles as founder of Crypto Oracle Collective, and Crypto Mondays, he’s also a partner at Blockchain Coinvestors, a venture capital fund of funds focused on investing in blockchain since 2014. Lou has a great track record of recognizing emerging trends and doubling down on them, first on Wall Street, then into media, venture capital, and now in crypto and blockchain.

KEY QUOTES:

Lou Kerner on his biggest takeaway from the Token 2049 conference in Singapore in September 2023:

"Undoubtedly for me, the biggest takeaway is that while in the U.S., the government is really trying to kill crypto, crypto is not only alive outside of the United States, it's thriving."

Lou Kerner on what he'd like to see more of from web3 founders:

"I always joke that I think the most important word in the English language is balance. And I don't think you can ever get balance, so I think more about where I want to be out of balance. One of the places I want to be out of balance is I want to make too many mistakes. I think that the vast majority of people massively overestimate the cost of making mistakes, and they're scared of making mistakes.

"Mistakes are how you do your best learning, it's when you make mistakes and you learn what not to do. More founders could benefit from making more mistakes."

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Episode title inspired by All Around the World by Jay-Z

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