87: Real Talk with Shane Mac | President of XMTP Labs

Billion Moonshots

Shane Mac is building a crypto-native communication protocol for web3. Similar to SMTP for email, XMTP will enable communication between existing crypto wallets via its own independent protocol and decentralized network.

XMTP has raised a $20M Series A from a16z Crypto, with participation from strategic angels like Packy McCormick, Alexis Ohanian, Anthony Pompliano, Austin Rief, Balaji Srinivasan, Bored Elon, Naval Ravikant, Rahul Vohra, Scott Belsky, and Sriram Krishnan.

We talk about being young and lucky, learnings from interviewing Gary Vee, writing a book at 23, entrepreneurship, the origin story of XMTP, and much more.

SPONSORS

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GUEST LINKS

Twitter: https://twitter.com/shanemac

Blog: https://blog.shanemac.com/

CONNECT

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OUTLINE

(0:00) - Young and Lucky

(12:22) - Getting calmer

(18:31) - Gary Vee

(25:37) - Hosting Podcast

(30:57) - Great podcast episode

(32:08) - Heavy Conversations

(40:33) - Culture

(42:50) - Writing Book

(52:00) - Entrepreneurship

(59:06) - XMTP

(01:04:25) - Meaning of Life

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