“The most important NFT you have is your name. I cannot be Ermine. As much as I love him, I cannot be him.” -Ricky Debler

In Episode #2, I chat with Ricky Debler. The third generation restaurant entrepreneur and the first person in the community to profit a million dollars from flipping Veefriends NFTs. During our conversation Ricky talks about the advice Gary Vaynerchuk him when he first met him back in 2015, how he was able to acquire the liquidity that enabled him to invest heavily into Veefriends 1 back in May 2021, and why he had such a deep connection to a seemingly forgotten character in the Earnest Ermine.

Throughout the course of the interview, I really appreciated how Ricky opens up to share his lessons he learned from both setting and actually achieving his ambitious goals in the space, the emotions when it was time to say goodbye to the NFTS he worked so hard to acquire, and his thoughts about what a real community is.

This one was super fun for me. Hope you enjoy it.