This Country Pays 45% Interest On Your Money | Ep 154
Takeaways:
- Even industry insiders get quietly overcharged by their own banks. Doug found out the hard way as a retail client at his own institution.
- A tokenized commodity only works if the value is computer-determined, not a person's subjective opinion. That's the actual innovation behind Diamond Standard.
- Growing too fast without enough runway is its own kind of failure. Doug's company went from 40 people to 12 after an event nobody saw coming.
- "Come home the same person" is a trading-desk survival skill that works just as well for founders. Doug credits it with 18 years at one of…
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