Sep 21
Banza: Brian Rudolph. The Chickpea Pasta That Nearly Turned to Mush
Brian Rudolph started making chickpea pasta in his Detroit apartment because wheat made him feel sick. A decade later, Banza was in more than 25,000 stores, and today, it’s one of the most popular pasta brands in the country. Success was not automatic: The business barely got off ... Show More
58m 30s
Jul 2025
#222 Brian Armstrong - Co-Founder & CEO of Coinbase
Brian Armstrong, born in San Jose, California, is the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, the largest U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, which he launched in 2012 with Fred Ehrsam. A Y Combinator alumnus, Armstrong grew up in a middle-class family and earned a B.A. in Economics and ... Show More
3h 3m
Jul 2022
Coinbase Founder: The Crazy Journey Of Building A $100 Billion Company: Brian Armstrong
Brian is the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, a company thats reached highs of a valuation of $100 billion. After an adolescence and youth searching for independence where no one could be his boss, he’s come a long way, but he’s realised he’s had to change a lot too.
Before anyone ... Show More
1h 38m
Nov 2021
Crypto Wars | Block Busting | 4
It’s 2015 and Coinbase is out to carve up the crypto scene with its new exchange. But it’s about to face strong headwinds in the form of state regulators, banks, and the Winklevoss twins’ new startup Gemini. And as Coinbase’s growth slows, CEO Brian Armstrong faces pressure to ab ... Show More
24m 11s
May 2023
Encore: Crypto Wars | Block Busting | 4
It’s 2015 and Coinbase is out to carve up the crypto scene with its new exchange. But it’s about to face strong headwinds in the form of state regulators, banks, and the Winklevoss twins’ new startup Gemini. And as Coinbase’s growth slows, CEO Brian Armstrong faces pressure to ab ... Show More
24m 13s
Apr 2022
E77: Tech work culture, crypto regulation, stablecoins, $NFLX & more w/ Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
0:00 Bestie Intros + a new Bestie Guestie! 4:37 Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong reflects on his "mission-focused company" blog post, work culture in tech/Silicon Valley, realigning culture at Coinbase 26:25 Crypto regulation and adoption 46:37 Brian's takes on different types of sta ... Show More
1h 4m
Sep 2021
Inside Coinbase's game plan to be a one-stop shop for Wall Street's biggest investors
Hundreds of institutions are looking to Coinbase as a trusted, publicly-traded exchange to create tailored crypto solutions for them. Now, as traditional finance firms begin to deploy capital into crypto services, Coinbase sees itself at the forefront of facilitating that institu ... Show More
45m 35s
Brian Armstrong wanted to be a tech entrepreneur since he was in high school, but his first serious venture—a tutoring website—never quite took off. Around 2010, while looking to get a job in Silicon Valley, he stumbled across an intriguing idea for a peer-to-peer digital currency called Bitcoin, which quickly turned into his obsession. Brian's initial proto ... Show More
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong">Brian Armstrong</a> is the Co-Founder and CEO @ <a href= "https://twitter.com/Coinbase">Coinbase</a>, the easiest place to buy and sell cryptocurrency. Over the last 10 years, Brian has led Coinbase to ... Show More
