Mission: DeFi EP 94 - Josh Rosenthal - 🤯 A new model for framing crypto against the backdrop of renaissance & revolution parallels

<p>Get ready to be blown away by the insights and frameworks Josh Rosenthal uses for building companies, investing, and understanding the full potential of crypto. </p> <p>His interviews on Bankless have created a storm of theories on how crypto plays out, based on the historical context of the Renaissance and the American Revolution. He takes that further in this interview with a presentation that reframes how we talk to others about crypto, by helping them see the value before they know what it is. </p> <p>Bankless Interviews:</p> <p><a href="https://www.bankless.com/126-the-crypto-revolution-josh-rosenthal">126 - The Crypto Revolution | Josh Rosenthal | Bankless</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.bankless.com/-the-crypto-renaissance-josh-rosenthal">🎙️ The Crypto Renaissance | Josh Rosenthal | Bankless</a></p> <p>From a Fulbright historian to multiple startups with very successful exits, Josh, and his partners have built a framework for success in tech.</p> <ul> <ul> <li>Fulbright research &amp; medieval manuscripts</li> <li>Built complex systems &amp; started a company with his wife &amp; sold</li> <li>Multiple startups with successful exits</li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <ul> <li>As investors - how to help the little guy succeed</li> <li>How to start a new firm based on a new model</li> <li>Stumbled on crypto. Went all in.</li> <li>Crypto as an unlock for founders.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Began to see the parallels between crypto and the Renaissance</li> </ul> </ul> <ul> <p>Renaissance</p> <ul> <li>How changing the nature of communications &amp; value recreated the world.</li> <li>Sees it as a prediction for crypto</li> <li>How authority tries to tamp it down</li> <li>Renaissance was decentralized and distributed</li> <li>Could understand imagery</li> <li>Beginning of memes</li> <li>Authorities had to fight or join</li> </ul> </ul> <p>How he layers in the arguments for crypto to entrepreneurs and others by showing how crypto unlocks new possibilities. Presentation.</p> <ul> <ul> <li>His philosop