João Nuno Simões

So for me, it's like I'm inspired by working with these guys because they they have the highest standards and they know that they are good and we are just pushing a very good product, you know, and and one thing that and I was thinking about this before coming here to the podcast and thinking about the other podcast that I just recorded and we talked a lot about people.

And one thing that I start to realize more and more, and of course, like I consider myself a very hardcore BD.

I know you are very hardcore BD yourself too.

You travel everywhere, you meet everyone.

And as soon as you start to have this kind of like Rolodex, you know, of contacts, you just know everyone.

That has a lot of power, you know, that has a lot of, you can have a lot of insights about a lot of people, right?

So I think that the more and more time that we are in this space and that we develop more and more connections, we also know, okay, I know exactly the right person that I need to call for this or for that or whatever.

Maybe that guy owns me a favor.

So now I need your hype in my vault because you owe me a favor.

Something like this.

And it's like a small ecosystem, right?

After a while, you start knowing everyone and you can actually get inspiration from a lot of people.

You know exactly which people you want to bring to what you are doing and which people you want to add to your project, or how to do the right integration, for example.

So, for example, the other day we are trying to close here a big client, European client, and they told us, OK, I need this integration specifically.

And I said, OK, don't worry.

So I called the guys that we needed and right now we are finalized a very good integration that a client asked us that we would probably do it in a month or in two.

But if the client needs it for now to deposit a certain amount of money that will make a difference, we will make it happen right now.

And because we are very well connected, because again, and this to answer your question, the inspiration, the people around you, like we have the right people.

We also have the right connection.

So, and looking at in the future, what I'm continuously building and continuously working on is because Hyperliquid is very different from ETH in terms of people and in terms of players, my job right now is really to continue to find the right people every day.