Ty Danco, Fintech + Olympics

<p>Sponsors:</p> <ul> <li>Purdue University Entrepreneurship</li> <li>Peter Fasse, patent attorney at Fish & Richardson</li> <li>Sal's Syndicate: <a href= "https://www.angelinvestboston.com/our-syndicates">Click to Join</a></li> </ul> <p>Ty Danco is an outlier in a population of outliers. His interests are varied and pursued passionately. He’s founded two fintech companies, he’s invested in a gazillion startups and he’s been a hugely generous advisor to companies, in fact the chief advisor at Techstars. Oh, I forgot to mention he’s an Olympian and also deeply involved with crypto-currencies. In this really meaty interview, Ty and I covered a wide range of topics. He explained his ideas in his affably quirky way. This was a super fun conversation.</p> <p>Quotes:</p> <p>"Danco, why are you here? You're a marketing guy." And I said that I was here to see Lever Brothers and he goes, "You idiot, you signed up for Lehman Brothers."</p> <p>“So, I took a leave of absence from school, and Wharton let me make up my remaining credits over the summer, and so I tried doing all three things at the same time. It was a success on paper, I did make the 84 [Olympic] team, I did complete the MBA, I did work at Lehman Brothers, but in truth I was overwhelmed, I did everything badly.</p> <p>I ended up breaking my heel and didn't compete in Sarajevo. I learned nothing in my last classes at school and I was just lost and floundering my first year on Wall Street. So, there's a pretty obvious lesson there about the need to focus and my inability to multi-task. That's maybe why they say focus on one metric that matters, don't try to do five balls in the air at once.”</p> <p>Topics covered include:</p> <ul> <li>Ty Danco’s Bio</li> <li>How Ty Danco Stated His Career – Lehman Brothers vs. Lever Brothers – Olympic Team</li> <li>"Danco, why are you here? You're a marketing guy." And I said that I was here to see Lever Brothers and he goes, "You idiot, you signed up for Lehman Brothers."</li> <li>Ty Danco Doing Too Much</li> <li>Ty Danco and th