His family moved from India, he built a $10B company in the US - Nikil Viswanathan (Alchemy)

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

October 1, 2024

Duration

51m

Channel

Silicon Valley Girl

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Check out amazing furniture: https://sohnne.com https://www.instagram.com/sohnne?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Mario Bellini Sofa Camaleonda Replica: https://sohnne.com/product/camaleonda-sofa-replica/ Time-Life Eames Chair Replica: https://sohnne.com/product/time-life-eames-chair-replica/ In this video, we dive into the world of startups with Nikil Viswanathan. He is an Indian-American billionaire and entrepreneur. Nikil is the co-founder and CEO of Alchemy, the blockchain company backed by Stanford University. Nikil in Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikil?igsh=dGs2djQwMncyMm5p Want more tips on how to build a business around your personal brand? https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe In this video: 00:00 - Meet Nikil Viswanathan 02:18 - How to raise a successful child? 04:34 - His top priority at Stanford 07:24 - How often did he go back to India? 07:53 - How did Mark Zuckerberg offer him a job? 10:28 - "My worst case was going and running a team at Facebook" 13:28 - How did he meet his co-founder? 14:36 - "I want to build something that everyone on the planet uses. And that's what I want to do with my life" 16:45 - The Down to Lunch 21:07 - "And at one point, we started building all this random apps just for fun" 23:23 - Why might he give up on the idea? 26:24 - How did he get started Alchemy? 31:09 - The concept of the technology 36:09 - He’s got ideas from the future! What does he think about that? 40:35 - "We raised $200 million and didn't touch it" 44:13 - How much time does he spend networking? 46:59 What about work-life balance? 48:19 One last piece of advice for entrepreneurs who are trying ideas, nothing is working *Links*: Follow my free newsletter about AI: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/ Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/silicon-valley-girl/id1819090545 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/02ZRsvu61y1C2GIc8J2gsY?si=dc7fbe168f884dc2 Instagram: instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marinamogilko X: x.com/siliconvalleymm My Companies & Products: https://marinamogilko.ru/collabyt #siliconvalleygirl #marinamogilko #alchemy

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Nikil Viswanathan

  guest

  Co-founder of Alchemy, a developer platform company in the crypto/web3 infrastructure space.

• Marina Mogilko

  host

  Host of the YouTube channel Silicon Valley Girl with Marina Mogilko, interviewing startup founders and tech leaders.

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Silicon Valley Girl, featuring Nikil Viswanathan and Marina Mogilko, His family moved from India, he built a $10B company in the US - Nikil Viswanathan (Alchemy) explores Alchemy Founder Nikil Viswanathan on Persistence, Pivots and Product-Market Fit Viswanathan credits his mother's focus on building his confidence, plus growing up in small-town Lubbock, Texas, for the self-belief that let him turn down a Facebook offer and go straight into startups.

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