Episode 56 Apprentice to Entrepreneur to Investor

Episode 56: Apprentice to Entrepreneur to Investor

Episode 56

Apprentice to Entrepreneur to Investor

Mike Dudas is the founder and general partner at 6MV. We cover why he got involved in crypto when he did, what led him from The Block to venture capital, and what has him most interested in Web3 at the moment.

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[00:02:11] - [First question] - Why it seems like he’s so connected across different networks 

[00:04:51] - Whether or not he always wanted to be an entrepreneur

[00:06:30] - When crypto entered the picture for him  

[00:09:19] - Why he didn’t jump in earlier after being fully aware of the potential of crypto

[00:10:44] - What taught him the skills he needed to confidently step into the startup space

[00:13:29] - Being in the business of manufacturing courage 

[00:15:01] - The transition from Button to The Block in 2018

[00:20:54] - Recruiting people to the journalistic side of cryptocurrency 

[00:22:24] - Promise-driven sales and having strong convictions that are loosely held  

[00:29:34] - Things he said as a Bitcoin maximalist that he regrets

[00:30:33] - Selling The Block and what happened in the aftermath  

[00:38:11] - What lead him from The Block into venture capital 

[00:41:47] - Going from a 7 million dollar fund to a 140 million dollar fund 

[00:43:27] - How he sees the pre-seed and seed stage focus in crypto playing out 

[00:48:04] - What the most exciting area is today and the deals that come across his desk

[00:49:51] - How much of Twitter is a personal outlet for him and how he handles it 

[00:54:05] - What he’s most excited to see built over the next six months and six years

Apprentice to Entrepreneur to Investor

Introduction

Eric
This is Eric Golden and my guest this week is Mike Dudas. Mike started his career at Disney, helped build Google's payment business and worked at Venmo before taking the plunge into entrepreneurship and crypto full-time. He co-founded two businesses and now is an early-stage investor at the firm he started 6th Man Ventures. We cover his career arc and dig into the highs and lows along the way before discussing what has him most interested in Web3 at the moment. Please enjoy my conversation with Mike Dudas.

Eric
Mike, thank you for joining me today.

Mike
Hey, pleasure to be here. Thanks for having me here.

Mike's Background and Career Trajectory

Eric
Mike, I thought a fun place to start with you is just every time I bring up your name, it feels like everybody knows you. Your network seems massive. There's like kind of like this joke I had with another friend of the 7 Degrees of Dudas. You've done a lot over your career.

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