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
#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. ...
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#markfirehammer #theechoandthevoice #jimjimsreinventionrevolution Mark Firehammer is singer / songwriter and entrepreneur who’s been following his inner creative voice ever since he dropped out of college. Now an author, listen to JJRR 124 as Mark discusses his first novel, the Echo and the Voice: a modern allegory about what gets lost when we trade creative truth for cultural belonging – and what it takes to reclaim it. Find out why Mark is using the penname JW Kindbloom and listen to the end as Mark shares his creative use of AI for music production and family relations....
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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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