55. Kendrick Nguyen | Republic (democratizing startup investing)

Kendrick Nguyen is the Co-Founder & CEO of Republic.
During the episode, we break down:

• The origin story for building Republic and what makes it different from other crowdfunding platforms
• How the team thinks about building products for the next wave of Millennial and Gen Z investors 
• The Republic platform product mix including access to private companies, crypto projects, real estate deals, video games and more
• Republic’s autopilot project which acts as a pseudo robo-advisor for private deals on their platform
• The biggest trends in the investment space and how VCs, solo capitalists and micro-investors will all have a seat at the table in the future
• Republic’s process for analyzing deals and how they decide which companies are allowed to raise on their platform
• The power of crypto and how it enables the democratization of investing across the world
• The token economy and how Republic’s note token will drive their business in the future
• Lessons learned working as an understudy of Naval Ravikant
• And much more

Tune in to hear Kendrick’s incredible story!
And remember, at the end of the episode, we asked Kendrick to brainstorm other business ideas that he would chase if Republic was gone tomorrow. Our brainstorm covered happiness and building an Equinox type of fitness for improving mental health.
Watch this episode on YouTube here.
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