The Uber of Venture Capital: An Interview with Swarm Founder Joel Dietz

The Uber of Venture Capital: An Interview with Swarm Founder Joel Dietz

Swarm's concept has been generally written about here, and announced here. Joel Dietz is the founder of Swarm, which Entrepreneur Magazine called "a crowdfunding platform that operates on a Bitcoin framework." I invited him onto my podcast to discuss what Swarm is, how it will disrupt finance and the 1%, and why it's the Uber of venture capital. Here's....


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