Speaker Interview: Nick Van Eck l KBW2024

[Music] I guess it depends on the country where you live I actually think paper ballots uh are the best uh because I think you know trust in elections is important and I think you know with electronic uh elections people can be concerned that things are tampered [Music] with that it's too challenging to accomplish it's actually extremely efficient and easy to do if you just build build the application uh so I think most criticisms are not well [Music] founded just get started uh I think sometimes people can be intimidated by the work ahead of them um but just get going and just take things day by [Music] day the most surprising thing uh is finding out how slow third party ERS can be sometimes uh you know as a as a stable coin you work with a lot of different partners and um sometimes you want things to happen on a faster timeline than than other people and people have competing priorities so you know building patience around around that especially you know in August when people are mostly on vacation um but [Music] yeah it's tough uh I would say you definitely have to make sacrifices in your personal life particularly in a Founder Journey but you know take taking time to exercise or see friends and family is important for for your mental health and so you know even if you're working 16 hours a day take take a few hours to to yourself on the weekends or during the week to to keep up with things that are good for [Music] you uh I play a lot of sports uh so I you know was a college athlete I continue to play a lot of sports I have a very active family and so um usually you my hobbies consist of you know playing squash or you know other sports [Music] Stan dren Miller he's one of the best uh hedphone managers of all time just like how he kept up performance you over 30 30 years um being exceptional at something uh is very challenging even for you know a month or a year but you know continuing to be excellent at your craft for decades is extremely impressive so