#38 – BaseCamp 001: Jesse Pollak (Base), Ben Leventhal (Blackbird), Julian Holguin (Doodles), Yele Bademosi (Onboard)

Into the Bytecode

This is my conversation with Jesse Pollak (creator of Base), Ben Leventhal (founder/CEO of Blackbird), Julian Holguin (CEO of Doodles), and Yele Bademosi (cofounder/CEO of Onboard).

Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 intro
- 00:00:50 Jesse Pollak, Base
- 00:09:41 how the Base team is structured
- 00:17:25 how the mission and strategy came together
- 00:27:43 the focus in year two
- 00:35:38 Ben Leventhal, Blackbird
- 00:39:35 the restaurant P&L
- 00:43:36 identity and payments
- 00:51:25 Flynet as an L3
- 00:53:11 building an economy
- 00:55:46 the current era of crypto
- 00:57:27 Julian Holguin, Doodles
- 00:59:40 the status quo and the new model
- 01:09:36 people want to be a part of something
- 01:18:22 Yele Bademosi, Onboard
- 01:23:48 being an entrepreneur in Nigeria
- 01:29:34 building Onboard
- 01:34:45 outro

Links:
Jesse Polak: https://x.com/jessepollak
Base: https://www.coinbase.com/, https://x.com/base
Ben Leventhal: https://x.com/benleventhal
Blackbird: https://www.blackbird.xyz/, https://x.com/blackbird_xyz
Julian Holguin: https://x.com/jholguin
Doodles: https://www.doodles.app/, https://x.com/doodles
Yele Bademosi: https://x.com/YeleBademosi
Onboard: https://www.onboard.xyz/, https://x.com/OnboardGlobal

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