JJRR 54 Starting a cryptocurrency hedge fund - Innovation Consulting - Starting up in CLE - with Ari Lewis
JimJim's Reinvention Revolution Podcast
Release Date: 07/15/2019
JimJim's Reinvention Revolution Podcast
#archively #estateplanning #jimjimsreinventionrevolution Dan Beech is a seasoned executive, investor and operator who started his career studying finance in college at age 16. Listen to JJRR 135 as Dan shares how losing his $30M annual revenue real estate business in the 2008 financial crisis led him to working with Ultra High Net Worth clients and identifying what he calls the estate planning access gap. Now the founder of Archively, Dan is working to modernize, secure and close the access gap for all levels of estate planning. 07:09s What is Archively.com /...
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#claudecowork #orangemud #jimjimsreinventionrevolution Josh Sprague is a serial entrepreneur whose passion for trail running inspired a suite of companies focused on endurance athletes, promotional merch and sales & marketing infrastructure. Listen to JJRR 134 as Josh describes how, in the early days of ecommerce, his frustration with traditional hydration products fueled development of the Hydraquiver vest pack and the founding of Orange Mud. Now a fan of Claude Cowork, listen to the end to hear how AI tech is impacting today’s ecommerce game. ...
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#sexualhealth #mens #firmtech #jimjimsreinventionrevolution Elliot Justin is an emergency medicine doctor who in his youth was obsessed with masturbation; Huh? Well to everyone’s benefit, his life’s journey led him to founding Firmtech, a wearable device company pioneering improvements in men’s sexual health (and pleasure). Listen to JJRR 133 as Elliot implores all men to put a ring on it (your penis) and describes how measuring nocturnal erections is the only true predictor of heart and metabolic disease. 04:07s Filling the gap for wearables in sexual...
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#wellness #identity #jimjimsreinventionrevolution It’s 2026 and it’s time to kick off the year with JimJim! Listen to JJRR 132 as JimJim confronts his identity and shares 15 tips on how to shift your own identity in 2026. JimJim is feeling the confines of his current vs future identity as he shifts farther into wellness. What’s the challenge to your identity these days? 1. Speak in “I am” language 2. Design proofs, not promises 3. Upgrade the character you’re playing 4. Detach from the old story loops 5. Link wellness to entrepreneurial...
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#wellness #keywest #jimjimsreinventionrevolution #hemmingway Join JimJim for a new episode quickies series – Mornings from Key West. Listen to JJRR 131 as JimJim finishes off a quickie series from Key West sharing daily thoughts and experiences from Key West and how he’s dealing with his new wellness / lifestyle journey. If you like this podcast style lmk ! Enjoy the episode? Share with friends! Subscribe in Spotify, Apple or Google Podcasts!
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#wellness #keywest #jimjimsreinventionrevolution #meditation Join JimJim for a new episode quickies series – Mornings from Key West. Listen to JJRR 130 as JimJim kicks off a quickie series from Key West sharing daily thoughts and experiences from Key West and how he’s dealing with his new wellness / lifestyle journey. If you like this podcast style lmk ! Enjoy the episode? Share with friends! Subscribe in Spotify, Apple or Google Podcasts!
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#wellness #keywest #jimjimsreinventionrevolution #fortzacharytaylor Join JimJim for a new episode quickies series – Mornings from Key West. Listen to JJRR 129 as JimJim kicks off a quickie series from Key West sharing daily thoughts and experiences from Key West and how he’s dealing with his new wellness / lifestyle journey. If you like this podcast style lmk ! Enjoy the episode? Share with friends! Subscribe in Spotify, Apple or Google Podcasts!
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#wellness #keywest #jimjimsreinventionrevolution #wickedlick Join JimJim for a new episode quickies series – Mornings from Key West. Listen to JJRR 128 as JimJim kicks off a quickie series from Key West sharing daily thoughts and experiences from Key West and how he’s dealing with his new wellness / lifestyle journey. If you like this podcast style lmk ! Enjoy the episode? Share with friends! Subscribe in Spotify, Apple or Google Podcasts!
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#wellness #keywest #jimjimsreinventionrevolution Join JimJim for a new episode quickies series – Mornings from Key West. Listen to JJRR 127 as JimJim kicks off a quickie series from Key West sharing daily thoughts and experiences from Key West and how he’s dealing with his new wellness / lifestyle journey. If you like this podcast style lmk ! Enjoy the episode? Share with friends! Subscribe in Spotify, Apple or Google Podcasts!
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#wellness #identity #questdiagnostics #jimjimsreinventionrevolution In this episode JimJim goes wellness on ya! Listen to JJRR 126 as JimJim shares how health and wellness has taken over his world recently. Based on recent baseline testing results JimJim is focusing his efforts on wellness by tackling lifestyle, diet and exercise. A big disruption to diet and general productivity, JimJim is dealing with the challenge to identity as it relates to change. Listen up as perhaps it’s time to start your own wellness journey. ...
info_outlineAri Lewis is an entrepreneur who at age 12 began selling forks and knives on the streets of NYC's Chinatown. Listen to Ep54 as Ari describes how he soon discovered Bitcoin in 2009 and how he and a partner turned an initial $18K into $1.4 Million. Moving to Cleveland, OH for college, Ari was then able to start a crypto-currency hedge fund using his new CLE connections. Now starting a fund focused on blockchain ventures, Ari is using his experience to consult and tout the value of CLE's startup scene.
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06:44s Discovering Bitcoin in 2011 as a junior in High School
08:31s Growing up middle class without a financial services background
10:15s Starting young as an entrepreneur in New York City
12:04s Starting a cryptocurrency hedge fund in college
14:40s Raising $15 million dollars for the Grasshopper hedge fund
16:35s Hedge funds vs venture investing
18:02s Winding down the hedge fund and focusing on a venture fund
19:10s Outlook on alts / tokens going forward
21:47s Raising a second fund focused on blockchain equity
23:04s Consulting with State of Ohio to launch payment of business taxes in Bitcoin
27:49s Choosing Cleveland as a startup / technology hub
31:52s Corporations supporting and coming into the cryptocurrency space
35:24s Thinking at a high level about technology
38:34s Focusing on what provides value as a filter
40:11s Embracing cryptocurrency and bitcoin as a mainstream career
41:59s Taking a second to appreciate what’s around us
“Bitcoin is an opportunity.. It’s helping the small people… people in foreign countries where their fiat currency isn’t as strong.”
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