Vlad Novakovski
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 27 Jul
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Bankless · From Harvard at 18 to Building Crypto's Fastest Exchange | Vlad, Lighter · 27 Jul 2026
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Uh-huh.
And, you know, I thought that was pretty cool that you could, like, you know, build software and, you know, create a great business around that.
No, I mean, right.
I mean, it's not like that was the goal.
Ultimately, that doesn't mean I had to do it right away.
And it's like joining a firm and learning a lot of the lay of the land of an industry is important.
I mean.
I guess like if we're talking about interactions with like famous people, one other interesting thing was like when I moved from finance to Silicon Valley, like I met with Peter Thiel at that point and his advice was like, don't start a company yet.
Like get to know how startups work first.
Right.
And that was great advice too.
Well, I mean, you're looking around at some level, but I mean, when you're like on a trading desk and the markets, especially like we lived through 2008, 2010, flash crash, all of that stuff, like,
When you're in the thick of it there, you're not thinking about, like, what's my startup idea four years from now going to be?
And now some of the information that you're seeing in the markets may end up, like, you know, your brain may process that later, like in the shower.
It's like, oh, actually, like, this is pretty cool.
You can, like,
Maybe there should be like a better risk management platform or something, but that may happen years later.
Yeah.
How did you meet Peter Thiel?
Well, Peter, I met through, you know, through my friend who was CTO of Facebook, right?
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