Web3 & how it really impact the world? | Giuseppe Stuto and Julian Fialkow | TEDxBoston

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Cryptocurrency, Developing World, Entrepreneurship, Internet, Software, Start-up, Technology GIUSEPPE STUTO - CO-FOUNDER, MANAGING PARTNER

I am the first US born in my family which wholly immigrated from Italy. My technological curiosity mostly sparked when I taught myself how to program objective-C during the “early” YouTube days in 2009. As a former founder and operator with both large scale consumer technology and really hard “deep tech” respectively, I like to work with and support founders who are tackling an ambitious mission that has the ability to disrupt the way things operate in today’s world. I tend to favor founding teams that have at least some technical component given their natural ability to investigate and iterate aggressively.

Prior to co-founding 186 Ventures with Julian, I was a founder and CEO at Fam. We built one of the largest group video communities ever by scaling to over 7 million users in just about 12 months time. Fam was acquired by DraftKings, where I subsequently served in product & strategy roles leading up to their IPO. I later on joined an early investment in the neural interface space, Pison Technology, as COO to help triple the team and sustain rapid revenue expansion.

In my entrepreneurial experience I had the opportunity to work with an amazing founding team, as well as working with and learning from some of the world’s leading venture partners and angel investors from whom I learned a ton from. At 186 Ventures I spend the majority of my time meeting companies, diligence, supporting portfolio companies, and fund administration.

Academically I obtained a B.S.B.A. from the Boston University Questrom School of Business and attended Malden Catholic High School prior to that. I am a mediocre at best self-taught programmer and am constantly interested in learning new developments in automation, FinTech, enterprise SaaS, consumer behaviors, and artificial intelligence technology, among other things.

JULIAN FIALKOW - CO-FOUNDER, MANAGING PARTNER

I’ve had the opportunity to play operating roles at one of the fastest growing tech companies in Boston, opportunity to help stand up a premier venture firm, and have now co-founded 186 Ventures. I enjoy spending time with founders of any industry and learning more about how they can change the world with technology.

I was privileged enough to grow up around entrepreneurs and saw the value in DraftKings (DK) early and began my operating career there. I joined DK with nearly 200 employees and served as a direct report and Project Manager to the Chief Business Officer. I was a member of the DraftKings Strategic Ventures group and in this role I was responsible for establishing marquee partnerships, driving customer acquisition and fostering new revenue streams. Prior to co-founding 186 Ventures with Giuseppe, I was a founding team member and on the investment team at Drive by DraftKings, a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in SportsTech and Entertainment. My main focus at DRIVE was sourcing, investment due diligence, fundraising and portfolio management.

At 186 Ventures I am applying all of the learnings I accrued from witnessing hyper growth firsthand and investing in so many bright founders over the past 4 years. I spend the majority of my time sourcing opportunities, spearheading community efforts to further building our brand name, diligence, and general ecosystem development.

I attended Colgate University and studied Digital Arts & Entrepreneurship and later on studied Entrepreneurship and Clean Energy Studies from the Copenhagen Business School. I was a member of the Division 1 Men's Varsity Hockey team at Colgate and went on to play professional hockey in Copenhagen. I have also been a participant in the Pan Mass Challenge for 13 years and am the Co-Chair of the Boston Winter Ball.