I believe in the wealth-creating power of crypto/Web3. At SQRT, we see crypto as an alternative asset class that's here to stay. SQRT is designed to provide entrée for ordinary people to crypto by using quant trading tools normally deployed only at hedge funds. ******* My academic career: During my tenure at the University of Washington, Foster Business School, I was honored to be selected among the world's top 50 best business school professors (2020, Poets & Quants). My research & teaching focuses on strategy and entrepreneurship, covering topics such as market emergence, semantic strategies, crowds and communities, and creativity. I primarily look at tech spaces for empirics. Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4w6-oq0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=aoI authored "NFT Revolution" (2021), which quickly became a national bestseller in Korea, with over 100K copies sold. The book has since been translated and published in China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. I continue to speak and advise on the topic in various capacities.