Episode One features Stani Kulechov, the Founder of Aave, one of DeFi's most successful projects to date. Aave is an open-source and non-custodial liquidity protocol for earning interest on deposits and borrowing assets.

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2:50 - Start

3:11 - Stani Before Crypto/What Lead Stani Into Crypto Space 

4:07 - First Learned About Crypto? 

5:38 - Stani's Transition Into Going Full-Time Crypto 

7:04 - What Stani likes about Startup Culture 

9:00 - Transition from Ethlend to Aave 

10:47 - Inspiration Behind Building Aave 

12:10 - How to find good team members 

14:05 - Identifying Peoples Superpowers 

15:40 - Hardest Parts About Building Aave 

17:45 - Staying Level Headed in Crypto Space 

19:47 - How to Bridge the Crypto Knowledge Gap for Family/Friends 

21:56 - Aavegotchi 

24:20 - Aave v2 

27:02 - If he could change one thing about the Crypto industry, what would it be?  

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