Last month, I shared the learning framework we use at Animalz

learn through research
learn by doing
learn by working with the best practitioners

In November, I'm applying that framework to learning about crypto with the assistance of Heyday, your research helping hand.

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So far, my research into crypto has helped me understand how finance has evolved over the last 100+ years, and how the industry is being disrupted today, not just by crypto, but fintech broadly.

Q3 '21 state of fintech, Anand Sawal, CEO of CB Insights

I'm a longtime fan of companies that make wealth creation more accessible. I've used Acorns to save and invest in ETFs for years, Robinhood to invest in individual stocks, and Nerdwallet to get financial advice.

Shiyan Koh, Hustle Fund GP and employee #10 at Nerdwallet

Inclusivity is also at the core of Hustle Fund's mission to democratize access to capital, knowledge and networks. With Angel Squad, they're making angel investing more inclusive, enabling members to invest as little as $1k per deal and build what is essentially an index fund of early stage startups.

It's that same interest in companies focused on inclusive wealth creation that drew me to steady.capital, a Robinhood for real estate startup still in beta that enables people to invest in commercial real estate for as little as $100 a share.

In April, I got to talk to founder Dillon Zhang Forrest about his path to Steady. He's a 2x founder (YCW17) who was in real estate at a young age and grew up in tech. He has skin in the game on every deal, and pursues steady returns > hype. You can checkout the interview here.

Hustle Fund says:

"great founders can come from anywhere and can look like anyone"

Getting to help current and future founders achieve their goals is what inspires me in my work at Animalz, Hustle Fund and Flow Club.

My brother Tucker Bryant is one of those future founders. In September, he was featured on Jay Acunzo's Unthinkable 🎧 (start at 13:20) talking about the maker monster's that get in the way of getting started:

"perfectionism is what happens when the gap between what i want to create or believe i can create stops me from shipping my work...or even getting started creating."

I got to catch up with him in SF last month. We unintentionally coordinated. wagmi.

Tucker reminded me of the hack he uses to be more selective with what you're reading:

make reading list
read Blinkist's ~15m book summaries for all titles
go deep on the best ones

His advice reminded me of the benefit of going both broad on a subject and deep.

It's often hard to get started, which is why I launched start again today, to remind me to keep showing up. Tenacity > brilliance.

If you want to go broad and deep on crypto this month (or any subject you're learning about!) I'd love to see you at a Flow Club! I try to start my day reading at 7A ET most days.

Otherwise, I look forward to hearing what you’re thinking about/reading/working on soon. I love the replies I get each month, thanks for sharing what’s on your mind/heart with me!

October Updates

I made progress on my goals from last month but didn’t complete all of them! I’m moving unfinished goals into this month. I read an article about how Warren Buffet prioritizes to dos that may influence future months :)

November Goals

Refine and document finance stack at Animalz and finalize 2022 forecast with our team
Fill our next Angel Squad class with current and prospective angel investors
Learn more about crypto
🔁Help Flow Club make their non-technical hires!
🔁 Share 5 article ideas with Animalz editors

I see you, I love you, have a great month!