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Erik Finman - Crypto will save the world

Erik Finman

Stopping his own Colombian kidnap with an app, planning a decentralized society and future proofing his finances. It’s all in a days work for Erik Finman.

Host
Matt Aaron

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About the Episode

Erik never graduated. Despite coming from a family of academics, he had his parents blessing to drop out of high school.

But the blessing was conditional - he had to make a million dollars. And the catalyst behind his early wealth? You guessed it .. Bitcoin.

Erik is a young, gifted entrepreneur. He was named TIME's most influential teen. We delve into his worldviews and his plans for the future.

Mentioned in this episode:

Botangle
Practical Anarchy
Rajneesh Chronicles
Erik on Twitter

About the Host

Matt Aaron

Matt Aaron has been podcasting since 2013, when he launched the Food Startups Podcast.

He recently found a second love in cryptocurrency and blockchain and hasn't looked back.

His first major investment into cryptocurrency was the money he made betting on (but not voting for) that Donald Trump would win the 2016 election.

Matt believes that public blockchains and cryptocurrencies are the solution to the many problems exposed of the current banking system in the 2008 financial crisis.

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