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Wylie Aronow

Co-Founder, Yuga Labs. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

founderinvestor@GordonGoner ↗yuga.com ↗

Aronow co-founded Yuga Labs in 2021 under the pseudonym Gordon Goner, creating the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection and the Otherside metaverse platform. In January 2023, he stepped down from daily duties at Yuga Labs due to a congestive heart failure diagnosis while remaining an active voice in the Web3 ecosystem.

1shows
1appearances
5statements
1resolved
1supported
0contradicted
100%fully supported
1said about them ↓

Everything Wylie Aronow said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Aronow: Yuga Labs Was Wildly Profitable Prior to Its VC Round
“I mean, at the time, we were so wildly profitable that, like, we didn't really need to raise, but we started thinking, okay, well, there's a couple of reasons to do this.”
Wylie Aronow Sep 1, 2022 ▶ 55:06 HIBT Lab! Bored Ape Yacht Club: Greg Solano and Wylie Aronow
Aronow: Bored Apes were flat-priced at $200 each to avoid unfair pricing advantages
“We were like, no, you know, we're gonna price this 200 dollars an ape, and that way no one feels like they've gotten advantage over someone else, and we can try and create a club around this, a community.”
Wylie Aronow Sep 1, 2022 ▶ 25:52 HIBT Lab! Bored Ape Yacht Club: Greg Solano and Wylie Aronow
HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Aronow: Was approximately $40,000 in medical debt when co-founding Yuga Labs
“When we started Yugo Labs, I was approximately 40,000 dollars in medical debt, mostly.”
Wylie Aronow Sep 1, 2022 ▶ 7:21 HIBT Lab! Bored Ape Yacht Club: Greg Solano and Wylie Aronow
Aronow: CryptoKitties' breeding model felt dilutive, not like a true collectible
“The model just felt a little dilutive. It didn't feel like a true collectible.”
Wylie Aronow Sep 1, 2022 ▶ 18:54 HIBT Lab! Bored Ape Yacht Club: Greg Solano and Wylie Aronow
HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Supported
Aronow: BAYC pre-sold only 300 to 500 NFTs in its first week
“We only pre-sold, I don't know, something like 300 to 500 of the NFTs.”
Wylie Aronow Sep 1, 2022 ▶ 38:18 HIBT Lab! Bored Ape Yacht Club: Greg Solano and Wylie Aronow

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Statements about Wylie Aronow, by other people (1)

Solano: Yuga Labs founders own only one Ape each and will never sell
“Wiley and I were like, no, we've only ever owned one ape. We didn't even choose our apes, you know, and frankly, obviously we're never going to sell them.”
Greg Solano Sep 1, 2022 ▶ 43:51 HIBT Lab! Bored Ape Yacht Club: Greg Solano and Wylie Aronow

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Wylie's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

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HOW I BUILT THISLEDGER Co-Founder, Yuga Labs 1 5 100% 1/1 full record on How I Built This →
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