Brian Armstrong

3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 15, 2019 by Dalton Caldwell · said 10 times in 4 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Feb 15, 2019
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Caldwell: Coinbase struggled to raise and secured only about $500,000
“But if you look at like a great example, I'd like to talk about is Coinbase. Like he couldn't raise from anyone. I think he got like half a million bucks.”
Dalton Caldwell Feb 15, 2019 ▶ 13:40 Ryan Hoover on Product Hunt's Acquisition and Lessons Learned About Launches with Dalton Caldwell · Y Combinator
Jan 19, 2022
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Seibel: Brian Armstrong had an impossible time raising on YC Demo Day
“He had an impossible time raising money on Demo Day. And so if he had taken the Demo Day signal, the investor's signal of, oh, we don't want to give you money and quit, we don't have Coinbase.”
Michael Seibel Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 12:10 Where Do Great Startup Ideas Come From? – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel · Y Combinator
Jan 19, 2022
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Caldwell: Brian Armstrong's original Coinbase YC pitch wasn't about buying Bitcoin
“Another thing I want to note is even Brian and his YC application Didn't really believe in his own idea because what he basically applied to YC with was the P to P transfer parts. It wasn't buying Bitcoin and holding it. It was the idea that he could build som…”
Dalton Caldwell Jan 19, 2022 ▶ 10:43 Where Do Great Startup Ideas Come From? – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel · Y Combinator
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