Had a super fun time interviewing Justin Waldron, the co-founder of Zynga!!!Timestamps:0:00 – Intro0:35 – Building games on MySpace, AOL Instant Messenger, 5:37 – Dropping out at 19 to Co-found Zynga, Realizing Facebook would be HUGE11:03 – Shipping Farmville, Inventing New Social Games12:28 – Printing hundreds of millions off games14:49 – BEING DELUSIONAL on early trends you spot18:16 – Standoffs with Facebook, Pulling in the elders of Silicon Valley23:59 – Seeing a Billion-User Opportunity Early27:02 – Early Bitcoiners were Gamers29:38 – Value in Crypto34:23 – What is real, what's a grift36:33 – Psychoanalyzing Justin, Can you do nothing and be happy?40:37 – Why are you not corrupted, the real reason why money is important43:40 – Growth Hacking, Social Engineering, Virality47:49 – High Leverage things college students should do50:54 – Why Justin is based in Japan (beating the allegations :)Follow Justin Waldron:Twitter: https://x.com/jtwaldFollow Countersignal:Twitter: https://x.com/countersignalpdTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@srachasauceeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/srachasauceeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3R1CazIaPwa6...Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coun...Thank you to my partners:Succinct: https://www.succinct.xyz/ - Pioneering zero-knowledge proofs to revolutionize blockchain scalability.Kalshi: https://kalshi.com - The go-to platform for trading real-world events with real money.