Kudos to Brian! He was one of the earliest to see the potential and raise a lot of money from the best VCs. Even thought he struggled immensely to build a good tech team in the initial years and had a lot of turnover - a fabled story of two CTO’s fighting and punching each other in a conference rooms with glass walls made the rounds of Silicon Valley - and they built a tech stack that took many years to upgrade and address the tech debt. Despite that, and the fines and lawsuits from the SEC et al, he has managed to take the company public and release a slate of innovative products and stabilize the company. Crypto is decidedly not a space where you can build a tech company like Google but Brian has struggled yet managed to build a company and partnerships that netted him the ETFs as well. Remarkable turnaround from a tough start. And addressed a lot of the challenges post Covid layoffs.
A lot of people said Coinbase was toast but he’s managed to be the last man standing (for the moment). One has to respect and admire that.
I used to be quite skeptical of Kindle and a dedicated book reading device until I was gifted a Kindle. My wife got tired of my buying hundreds of books and having it fill up the house and the Kindle TV ad did the trick.
Now that I've used it for a few months, I'm a Kindle convert. I carry it with me all the time - conveniently fits into my coat pocket and weighs so little - and I whip it out whenever I'm a line or at an airport and all those otherwise wasted time.
It has remarkable battery life - I normally get 2-3 weeks between charges - and more if I turn off WiFi. The more I use it, the more I like all the small details which while quirky and not quite upto iPad levels of overall usability adds up to a very convenient book reading experience. I used to lament the space wasted on the physical keyboard but I'm not such a fan of the new touch Kindles.
A lot of people said Coinbase was toast but he’s managed to be the last man standing (for the moment). One has to respect and admire that.