“It’s okay to take profits and not hodl forever.” Does this make Alex Taub a web3 contrarian or just reasonable?
A Career In Startups From Dwolla to DAOs (and how to get whitelisted for the Illuminati NFT mint)
When I befriended Alex Taub in 2013 he lived in New York City, didn’t have children, and certainly did not yet have thousands of dollars invested in virtual race horses. Now that all three of those situations have changed, I figured it would be worthwhile to check in with him about living in Miami, going deep into web3 and his latest startup Upstream.
Hunter Walk: Ok, we met back in 2013 after we invested in theSkimm and they said you were one of their friends/navigators of the startup world. What were you doing at the time and how did that insert you into the NYC startup scene?
Alex Taub: Yep, I think I did a reference call for them with you guys. I was working at Dwolla at the time but about to leave and start SocialRank. I had been in the NY tech scene since 2008/2009 and was just, generally, trying to be helpful to founders, investors, etc. I really liked what Carly and Danielle were working on and helped them get it off the ground. My claim to fame is I am the godfather of theskimm — something I wear proudly.
