The Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance and Cypher Accelerator hosted a virtual interview with Mark Cuban, Chairman of Cuban Companies, entrepreneur, Shark Tank television investor, media proprietor, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and visionary blockchain & cryptocurrency investor.

Cuban – an advisor to Wharton's new Cypher Accelerator for blockchain and crypto companies – joined Sarah Hammer, Managing Director of the Stevens Center, to discuss:
00:00 - introduction
2:03 - Key qualities to look for in founders
3:01 - Is founder or product more important when investing in company?
4:20 - Why the ability to sell is important in business and the crypto space
8:49 - How to make decisions on which NFTs to buy
11:48 - Hardest thing about investor making deal with founder?
14:10 - Advice for founders negotiating financing
23:31 - Defining the problem DeFi is working to solve
25:45 - How crypto should be regulated
33:22 - Why "profits are of no use" with DeFi tokens
39:47 - How AAVE's business model makes it more profitable than traditional bank
41:30 - Who in crypto is the next Amazon?
43:56 - What's next in NFTs
49:07 - Changes higher education should make to create leaders
51:20 - Lightning round questions

Learn more about the Cypher Accelerator: http://whr.tn/cypheraccelerator

#MarkCuban #Blockchain #Crypto #NFTs

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