How to get unstuck and build your mental and emotional fitness, with your breath. — It was New Years Eve, December 31 2019. I was sitting at the dinner table with my wife’s family, sharing what we were looking forward to for the year ahead. We each came up with a word to summarize the “theme” for our 2020. Mine was abundance, or more specifically…

When I first became an entrepreneur and started SYNAQ, it was based on a decision to build a company that backed a movement that had the potential to change the world. …

This article is taken from my newsletter, Subscribe here to receive articles like these, and others, directly in your inbox. Ethereal (Tel Aviv Blockchain Week’s title event) ended with a fireside chat with Vitalik Buterin (Founder Ethereum) and Joe Lubin (Co-founder Ethereum and Consensys) interviewed by Yoni Assia (Founder of…

In 2019 we’ve seen blockchain startups taking the headlines once again with the Bitcoin price trebling, Facebook entering in the blockchain fray, and the successful completion of the inaugural Alchemist Blockchain Techstars Accelerator in New York City. The promise of decentralization and a trustless economy is starting to garner global…

Today I found out that my credit card application has been rejected. It was an automated phone message from Citibank that told me. No explanation. Just that unfortunately at this time my application can’t be approved. This after having to wait over 2 months, countless calls with their call center…

We kicked off the first day of “mentor madness” for the Alchemist Blockchain Techstars Accelerator. Mentor madness is when we bring in 80 to 100 mentors over a 3 week period to meet with the 10 companies in the program. It’s an intense time for the founders. Picture 10 back-to-back…

I first heard of the phrase “invest in lines, not dots” when I joined Techstars in late 2015 and was introduced to Mark Suster’s blog article by the same title. The summary, investors want to get to know you over a period of time. Each interaction is a “dot” in…

We discuss and analyse four different passive HODL strategies to see which comes out best. — Note: Click here to access to the spreadsheet containing the data and calculations used in this article. I am often asked what the best way for someone to passively invest in the cryptocurrency market might be. What coin should they buy or what options do they have if they don’t…

In the world of blockchains and cryptocurrencies, distributed applications (dapps) are the latest trend exciting the crypto-community and investors alike. Fred Wilson, a prominent VC, wrote in his daily blog that he is most excited because “2018 is the year that we get decentralised applications that we can use.” Blockstack…