Garg: Global economy has tapped less than 10% of highly gifted talent
Avichal Garg · 20VC: Why Crypto is Software Eating Money, Why Crypto Firms Will Outcompete Traditional Venture Firms, How To Price Tokens and When To Have Them, DAOs: How Are They Structured and What Makes One Successful with Avichal Garg, Co-Founder @ Electric Capital · Apr 11, 2022 · at 38:39
Avichal Garg is the co-founder of Electric Capital. On 20VC, he discusses how global Web3 service DAOs can unlock untapped talent across the world.
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“I suspect we've tapped no more than 10% of those people. 90% of the highly gifted people in the world we have just not been able to find yet.”
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