Tangent Fireside Chat: From Scaling a $3B Protocol to Investing as a Founder - Tascha Punyaneramitdee, Alpha Venture DAO, Ep. 212

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who best to understand struggles of crypto founders than fellow founders? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tascha is the Co-Founder of Alpha Venture DAO and built a DeFi protocol that had a TVL of $3 billion at its peak.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, she joins us as a mentor in Tangent to share with us:</span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How Alpha scaled to $3B in deposits</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">2 crypto verticals Tascha is excited about</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to identify great founders in 60 minutes</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.<br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">------------ Timestamps -------------</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(00:00:00) – Introduction</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(00:02:42) – Early days of Alpha Finance</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(00:06:10) – Motivation behind building levered yield farming back in 2020</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(00:09:44) – What is Alpha Venture</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(00:13:17) – How to be a successful founder</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(00:17:53) – Balancing between reinvention and solving pain points</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(00:26:07) – Key areas that Tascha is excited for</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(00:30:09) – Thought process for identifying market opportunity</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(00:32:11) – Identifying great founders to invest in</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(00:40:36) – Difficulties of running a crypto start-up<br /></span></p> <p><spa