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7+ years of crypto investing at Version One: 2017: Celo, @coinbase, Stacks 2018: Dapper Labs, Lolli 2019: @nexus, Opyn 2020: @uniswap, @superrare 2021: Arweave, @defined, Filebase, Tenderly 2022: Dinari 2023: @ether-fi 2024: tbd :-) (really proud of the portfolio we built up across a bunch of cycles & themes)

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Excited to announce our investment in Dinari, a decentralized stock trading platform. https://versionone.vc/announcing-our-investment-in-dinari-a-decentralized-stock-trading-platform/

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We might have seen most of the core innovation at the protocol layer in DeFI (especially once Uniswap V4 rolls out), next big opportunity is to develop apps leveraging this infra to bring vastly better products to consumers (e.g. a FX/remittances product built on UNI stablecoin pools)

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Early signs of start-up success: - founders being 100% focused on talking to customers & finding PMF - rate of product releases - founders obsessing about quality of first 10 team members - how quickly founders fire 1st underperforming employee - consistency of investor updates

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When founders can instill their intuition & first principles thinking throughout the whole organization, they have a unique ability to keep the company focused & drive people to take risks. Founders: don't step back when your company scales, step in! https://versionone.vc/resist-the-pressure-to-outgrow-your-intuition/

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