We sat down with Aleks Svetski, co-founder & CEO of Amber — a brilliant investment app that makes buying Bitcoin easy. Set an amount and a frequency, and Amber regularly buys Bitcoin for you — bringing Dollar Cost Averaging to the cryptocurrency world.
Hear about Aleks’ fascinating life story, his experience on Australian TV show Shark Tank, the booms, the busts, the lessons, and takeaways on money, business and life.
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Show Links
- Privacy & Security Tools
- [Book] Rich Dad Poor Dad
- [Book] The Power of the Subconscious Mind
- [Book] Total Recall
- Andreas Antonopoulis: The Internet of Money
- 21 Lessons by Gigi
- Naval Ravikant on the Joe Rogan Podcast
- [Book Recommendation] The Hard Thing About Hard Things
- [Book Recommendation] Sapiens
- [Book Recommendation] The Bitcoin Standard
- [Book Recommendation] Debt: The First 5000 Years
- Aleks Svetski on Twitter
- Aleks Svetski on LinkedIn
- Aleks Svetski on Medium
- Aleks Svetski on Hackernoon
- Amber
- Amber on the iOS App Store
Show Segments
0:22 Welcome & Disclaimers
1:32 Interview
8:36 High School Days
12:11 University Experience
18:27 Post Financial Crisis
27:05 Building 4 Companies
40:30 iRecruit & Shark Tank
51:58 Stumbling Down the Rabbit Hole
1:00:36 21 Lessons by Gigi
1:16:58 Exploring Ayn Rand’s Ideas
1:22:47 Separation of Money & State
1:33:02 Amber: Time in the Market vs Timing the Market
1:44:19 LIbra
1:54:45 Bitcoin & Gold / Silver
1:57:16 Lesson Learnt Along the Way
1:59:07 Book Recommendations
NOTE: Nothing, either in these show notes or in any FOMO Show podcast, written or verbal, express or implied, should be construed as financial, legal, tax or any other type of advice. Always perform your due diligence, research projects thoroughly and make sure you hold your private keys securely. Before investing in any project, always seek independent financial and legal advice. And remember – No FOMO.