Mission: DeFi EP 50 - Alex Svanevik founder of Nansen onchain analytics: How investors use for success, How they built a powerhouse in #DeFi & #NFTs, What they've learned & what means for the future

<p>I can't think of a better guest for my 50th episode of the show. Alex Svanevik, his co-founders, and the team embody what DeFi is all about &amp; their powerful model for growth is something from which we can all learn as we grow our own endeavors.&nbsp;</p> <p>Guest Name: Alex Svanevik</p> <p>Guest Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ASvanevik" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ASvanevik</a></p> <p>Company Name: Nansen</p> <p>Company Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/nansen_ai" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/nansen_ai</a></p> <p>Company URL: <a href="https://nansen.ai" target="_blank">https://nansen.ai</a></p> <p>- How and why they started their rapidly growing successful company</p> <p>- How they met over an open source project that formed the foundations of their company</p> <p>- How the mission of the company closely aligns with the name of the company</p> <p>- How a crazy concept for an early journey to the North Pole inspired the company</p> <p>- What they've gone through building the company</p> <p>- How 2 of the 3 founders have never met in person</p> <p>- How they achieved 20x growth in one year</p> <p>- How they built a pricing model that led to a surge in signups.</p> <p>- Why they price things the way they do.</p> <p>- How their customers come up with many of the dashboards they create.</p> <p>- What the value of the product is</p> <p>- What is important in crypto in terms of transparency and how things are evolving.</p> <p>- Their role in helping investors</p> <p>- How the fundamental product changes how investors make decisions and how investors say they never invest without it.</p> <p>- How much data they scan and process daily and yearly</p> <p>- Why on chain metrics are so important.</p> <p>- How they are like a media company more than just a data company</p> <p>- One of the biggest problems they have with retaining users and how their investing to make it even easier for users.</p> <p>- How their system is used by universities and exchanges</p> <p>- How projects use Nansen to mak