In our 3rd episode of the Humans of Crypto Podcast, we were delighted to welcome Pavel Jakovlev. Last time we were together, in person, was during the World Economic Forum, in Davos Switzerland, in January 2020. Eons ago. In the meantime, he has built his own venture, Ancore Strategy.
Fantastic communicator, Pavel has had a lot of success managing and supporting startups, developing marketing strategies, driving their business… very passionate he shares how emotionally involved he can get with clients. In this episode, we discuss his path in the crypto, blockchain startup world at CV Labs, Ancore Strategy, his own show White Spaces and his personal development.
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:50 A father & a builder
- 03:47 Discovering Bitcoin, Tor and the Silk Road in 2011
- 07:20 Ralf Glabischnig a friend and a mentor
- 08:34 Davos & CV VC Labs event
- 12:55 Britany Kaiser, Cambridge Analytica, Own Your Data, the Great Hack
- 16:25 Working with a battle tested team
- 17:30 What it’s like to be an event organiser in Davos, World Economic Forum 2020
- 23:00 “Sheduak”
- 27:00 Market fluctuation affecting the crypto event scene
- 32:00 Crypto Valley Zug the place to be for digital asset companies
- 38:45 Mindset of regulators in Switzerland
- 41:29 3 key take-aways when reviewing a project
- 42:36 Baby interlude 🐣
- 44:37 Scouting for early stage startups
- 46:00 The team is everything
- 47:15 Incubator life
- 50:30 Advices for a successful startup
- 53:53 How many times have you failed?
- 55:00 Andrew Wilkinson and the Metalab/Asana story
- 59:49 Mental health & hustle porn
- 01:08:13 Parenthood & learning patience
- 01:11:23 Anchor management
- 01:14:00 Making the world a better place
- 01:15:00 Getting emotionally involved with projects
- 01:16:40 COO Valentina Coco - Bad cop, bad cop
- 01:19:40 2 types of founders
- 01:22:55 Investor pitching
- 01:25:07 White Spaces show - personal stories of people working in innovation
- 01:32:48 Show & tell
- 01:41:26 Venture builder
- 01:41:30 Learning from female colleagues
- 01:44:40 Next steps
- 01:45:40 Non profit, focused on connecting ideas & capital
- 01:46:24 Shout out to Valentina Coco COO at Ancore Strategy
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