00067. How Futuristic Visionary VOIP Founder Alex Mashinsky Is Innovating with Celsius Network — After Building Seven Companies with Total Exits over $3 Billion
Description
On today's episode of Gritty Founder, Alex Mashinsky talks about his journey as an entrepreneur and his vision for Celsius Network. Alex shares fascinating insights on the Silicon Valley mindset and decentralization.
Alex is a serial entrepreneur and founder of seven New York City-based startups, raising more than $1 billion and exiting over $3 billion. Alex founded two of New York City’s top 10 venture-backed exits since 2000.
Some Questions Alex Answers:
- When did you decide you wanted to come to the United States? (9:07 )
- What advice can you give founders who are in the early stages of starting a company? (42:43 )
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- About Alex’s background and how he became an entrepreneur (4:20 )
- How Alex started his first company, Arbinet in 1995 (16:35 )
- How Alex built, GroundLink, the idea for Uber in 2004 (33:24 )
- Sometimes you have to step on or cross over the gray line in order to be successful (42:55 )
- The mindset in Silicon Valley and thoughts on decentralization (48:03 )
- About Celsius Network (49:27 )
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Also Mentioned on This Show...
Alex’s favorite quote:
“The future is here.”
Alex’s book recommendation:
Any book on decentralization
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