Sometimes I forget how far I’ve come, and I don’t truly take a step back and appreciate it all.
Similar to my failures list, I’m outlining the major events with in each respect year.
2022
/ More to come…/
- Accepted into ZFellows Inaugural Crypto Cohort (< 1% acceptance)
- Accepted into Greylock Tech Fair 2022
- Accepted as a Venture Fellow at Republic
- Accepted as a MLH Fellow (declined my offer)
- Accepted into Envision Founder Cohort 5
- Accepted as a Microsoft Tech Mentee
- Accepted as Emerging Talent Fellow at Pangea
- Joined AlphaMint, and DeveloperDAO
- Started working at Curious Cardinals as a Web3 Mentor
- Won a Ledger Nano X from Newton Exchange
- Startup Progress at Agora Labs:
- Got my web3 startup acquired
- Raised 100k+ from VC’s and Blockchain Grants
- Hired 3 devs from Waterloo, and 1 growth from Google
2021
- Accepted into GenZ Scouts
- Accepted into VC Factory Fellowship
- Accepted into MLH Fellowship
- Accepted into the RippleX Venture Fellowship
- Joined Virtually (YC20) as a Growth Lead
- Joined Facebook/Meta as a Creator Economy Extern
- Reached 1K+ weekly email subscribers for my Building a Digital Brain Newsletter (now called Web3 Club)
- Hired my first personal assistant
- Co-Founded [BitPerks (now Agora Labs)](https://www.agoralabs.xyz/) – a platform to have creators reward their fans with exclusive content on the DeSo Blockchain
- Reached a $500K+ USD Market Cap in 72 Days
- Received a $50K grant from a fund by a16z and Coinbase
- Launched a professional personal website
- Hired and trained 8+ team members from around the world to work with me on my ed-tech startup
2020
- Built a 4-figure online cohort-based course on Accelerated Learning
- Built a ‘Live w/ Matt’ Instagram Show where I interviewed top performers and thinkers on how to learn effectively
- Founded a profitable edu-tech company helping students learn skills faster
- Graduate from High School with a 97% average